On March 25, 2026, Ghana tabled a motion at the United Nations (UN) seeking to declare the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade and ...

South Africa’s draft revision of the History CAPS curriculum proposes a shift toward African-centred content, local ...

For America’s 250th anniversary, Mississippi is highlighting two museums that describe the state’s contributions to the ...

Born into slavery, Bustill became an entrepreneur, a patriot and one of the founders of a thriving Black Philadelphia.

The US stood almost alone at the United Nations this week in voting against an African resolution condemning the trans-Atlantic slave trade and kickstarting the campaign for reparations, potentially ...

The U.S. voted against the measure because it "does not recognize a legal right to reparations for historical wrongs that were not illegal under international law at the time they occurred" The U.N.

ABUJA, Nigeria — The U.N. General Assembly’s resolution on Wednesday declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations is being welcomed ...

Ghanaians in the streets of the capital Accra were full of pride -- and already looking toward future "justice" -- Thursday after the United Nations recognised the transatlantic slave trade as "the ...

The U.N. General Assembly's resolution also urges “the prompt and unhindered restitution” of cultural items to their ...

President John Mahama of Ghana, a sponsor of the UN resolution, is one of the African Union's most vocal supporters of slavery reparations - Copyright AFP Marco ...

The UN General Assembly on Wednesday designated the transatlantic African slave trade as "the gravest crime against humanity," despite opposition by the United States and some European countries. In a ...