Western countries increase support for slavery reparations, Ghana says

UNITED NATIONS: ‌Ghana, which has led a campaign for reparations for the nearly four-century-long trans-Atlantic slave trade, said on Wednesday that support is growing among ​Western countries for the effort. The campaign’s first focus is on restitution of looted artifacts, Ghanaian Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa told an event on reparatory justice co-hosted by Ghana, Germany and France on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. Later stages could include formal apologie