UN adopts Ghana’s slavery resolution, defying resistance from US, Europe

A resolution proposed by Ghana at the United Nations on Wednesday to recognise transatlantic ​slavery as the “gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations has been adopted despite resistance from Europe and the US.

Ghana said the resolution ‌was needed because the consequences of slavery, which saw at least 12.5 million Africans taken and sold between the 15th and 19th centuries, persist today, including racial disparities.

At a UN General Assembly (UNGA) vote, 123 countries supported the resolution...