गुलामी की क्षतिपूर्ति की मांग पर अफ्रीका एकजुट हुआ

https://rt.com/africa/-africa-slave-trade-reparation-demands

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo is hosting a global summit to facilitate dialogue and produce an African-led action plan to seek reparations for historical injustices dating back to the slave trade and colonialism eras.

The four-day Accra Reparations Conference began on Tuesday in Ghana’s capital with the president demanding financial restitution from the West, which he argued is long overdue as compensation for the horrors of the slave trade.

“It is time for Africa, thirty million of whose sons and daughters had their freedoms curtailed and sold into slavery, to also receive reparations. No amount of money can restore the damage caused by the transatlantic slave trade and its consequences... But surely, this is a matter that the world must confront and can no longer ignore,” Akufo-Addo said.

“And even before these discussions on reparations conclude, the entire continent of Africa deserves a formal apology from the European nations involved in the slave trade,” he added.

Lloyd’s of London, a British insurance company, recently announced a £52 million ($63.8 million) investment in a reparation program after research revealed that it had played a “significant role” in facilitating the 300-year slave trade.