Ghana’s president says U.S. and European wealth built on slavery, calls for reparations

Ghana’s president says U.S. and European wealth built on slavery, calls for reparations

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo has told the United Nations General Assembly that it is time for African nations to be paid reparations for the historical injustices caused by the transatlantic slave trade. He said for centuries the developed world has been unwilling the confront its role in the inhuman enslavement of Africans. Speaking to the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, Akufo-Addo emphasized that now is the time to bring …