UN Vote on Ghana's Slavery Motion: Who said no and who abstained

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Benji 1 week ago

Know who stands with you.

Know who stands with you.
slave ship will be full today 1 week ago

If the slave ship comes to cape coast now and make an announcement of people who will like to go to America with it in 5 minutes it will be full

If the slave ship comes to cape coast now and make an announcement of people who will like to go to America with it in 5 minutes it will be full
Joko 1 week ago

It will be full in 5minutes because the real slaves have done the hard difficult work already and the one filling the ship now will not be slaves and will not see the hell the original slaves saw. Think a little you fool.

It will be full in 5minutes because the real slaves have done the hard difficult work already and the one filling the ship now will not be slaves and will not see the hell the original slaves saw. Think a little you fool.
PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 1 week ago

AUTHOR: Ama ————-
99% of our Kayayeis,
Househelps and Houseboys are Northerners. President John Mahama is a Northerner and has not made any effort to change their destiny. How can he go to USA and demand Reparation ...
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AUTHOR: Ama ————-
99% of our Kayayeis,
Househelps and Houseboys are Northerners. President John Mahama is a Northerner and has not made any effort to change their destiny. How can he go to USA and demand Reparation for Slavery?
Frank 1 week ago

Ken Ofori Atta will be the first to jump into the ship. Obiaaa taanido

Ken Ofori Atta will be the first to jump into the ship. Obiaaa taanido
Useless non-binding resolution 1 week ago

This just waste of everyone's time. Was it not Africans who were raiding villages and catching people to be enslaved? How many white men went into the villages to catch slaves?

This just waste of everyone's time. Was it not Africans who were raiding villages and catching people to be enslaved? How many white men went into the villages to catch slaves?
Year of Return 1 week ago

Mention one African who was doing that. Ntim Gyakari? Kwasea

Mention one African who was doing that. Ntim Gyakari? Kwasea
Wontumi 1 week ago

Kofi Abrefa Busia the wele mouth Apartheid. Was among

Kofi Abrefa Busia the wele mouth Apartheid. Was among
KWESI 1 week ago

Go and study your history. It’s boldly written there.Anywhere you see slavery being talked about, the source of the slaves were mentioned.

Go and study your history. It’s boldly written there.Anywhere you see slavery being talked about, the source of the slaves were mentioned.
Frank Agyena-Karikari. 1 week ago

Thank you very much for your logical and candid evaluation. I have found it difficult to explain to my Senior High School and College students when asked why Africans soldiers their own into slavery. What has never been empha ...
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Thank you very much for your logical and candid evaluation. I have found it difficult to explain to my Senior High School and College students when asked why Africans soldiers their own into slavery. What has never been emphasized is that there was the Trans Indian Ocean Slave Trade that existed centuries before the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade. Yes and there was the Trans Mediterranean Slave Trade where Africans were sold into slavery. Yet we never talk or speak about that. Who sold who into Slavery. What about the Trans Saharan Slave Trade? No Arab or Indian entered into the jungles of Africa to capture people and sell them into slavery. Africans sold each other. Sometimes I understand the African people who engaged in the Slave Trade. The system then was that either you fight and defeat and sold your enemies into Slavery or you shall be defeated and sold out. Today, it is unimaginable as to why that happened but we have to understand that it was a legitimate business then. Not long ago, Human Sacrifice was and possibly done presently in some parts of Africa. Instead of blaming others for their involvement in the Tragic trade in Africans into slavery in America and elsewhere, let us blame Africans for what they did in the Slave Trade. No Reparations should be made to Africans because they were involved and sold their own into slavery.

ST Ghfuo: KWAME NKRUMAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 1 week ago

the white soldiers who came to ghana with mercenaries to fight against the akans, taking their rulers, artifacts, women, golden stool etc. you dont think they took humans as well? go to lord trumu buckingham palace today even ...
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the white soldiers who came to ghana with mercenaries to fight against the akans, taking their rulers, artifacts, women, golden stool etc. you dont think they took humans as well? go to lord trumu buckingham palace today even the utensils are gold. go to uk museums they have artifacts from gh who sold it to them? you see, im not denying that blacks sold other blacks but if these wars, gold, artifacts, rulers exiled etc is real. dont you think that many slaves were captured n sold for free?
Adrianna Thomas 1 week ago

You people like to pedal that lying racist narrative to absolve your guilt too much!

Pope Nicholas V and Slavery

Papal Bulls and Justification for Slavery
Pope Nicholas V issued two significant papal bulls in the 15th ...
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You people like to pedal that lying racist narrative to absolve your guilt too much!

Pope Nicholas V and Slavery

Papal Bulls and Justification for Slavery
Pope Nicholas V issued two significant papal bulls in the 15th century that had a profound impact on the institution of slavery.

Dum Diversas (1452): This bull authorized King Afonso V of Portugal to conquer and enslave "Saracens and pagans." It provided a moral justification for the enslavement of non-Christians, stating that they could be reduced to "perpetual servitude."

Romanus Pontifex (1455): This document further reinforced the rights granted in Dum Diversas, allowing Portugal to enslave any individuals encountered south of Cape Bojador. It legitimized the Portuguese slave trade and facilitated European colonization efforts in Africa.
Historical Context
These papal edicts emerged during a time when European powers were expanding their empires and seeking economic gain through the exploitation of African labor. The bulls reflected the prevailing attitudes of the time, where enslavement was often seen as a justifiable practice in the context of warfare and religious conflict.
Legacy and Criticism.
Dread Kwame 1 week ago

If the horse is insane the rider must not be insane, please !

If the horse is insane the rider must not be insane, please !
1HEREALTRUTH 1 week ago

WHO TOLD YOU THAT LIE A COLONIALIST. THEY TELL YOU LIES AND YOU BELIEVE THEM AND REPORT THEM FOR THE SLAVERS WITH OUT ANY RESEARCH...BEFORE YOU PROMOTE THAT LIE AGAIN HAVE FACTS TO BACK IT UP...DAMNED FOOL.
THE HORRORS EURO ...
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WHO TOLD YOU THAT LIE A COLONIALIST. THEY TELL YOU LIES AND YOU BELIEVE THEM AND REPORT THEM FOR THE SLAVERS WITH OUT ANY RESEARCH...BEFORE YOU PROMOTE THAT LIE AGAIN HAVE FACTS TO BACK IT UP...DAMNED FOOL.
THE HORRORS EUROPEANS HAVE COMMITTED CAN NOT BE COMPARED TO ANYTHINH ANYBODY ELSE DID TO THE HUMAN RACE...THEY ARE MURDERING RIGHT NOW.
Frank Agyena-Karikari. 1 week ago

Hahahaha OBIARA TARE NO DO FOR SO LONG but they can’t catch and bring him to Ghana for any kind of Rawlings type of Tribunal Trial. The Guy Ken Ofori Attah is fully entrenched with his family and Girlfriends and is never co ...
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Hahahaha OBIARA TARE NO DO FOR SO LONG but they can’t catch and bring him to Ghana for any kind of Rawlings type of Tribunal Trial. The Guy Ken Ofori Attah is fully entrenched with his family and Girlfriends and is never coming to Ghana for anything so special. He is not coming for any Funeral because his parents and uncles and Aunts are all dead or extremely old and about to die. You can’t force him to Ghana because the Guy is smart and played his Political Cards very well. Uncle Sam will never deport him back to Ghana with the Millions of USD that he is believed to have stolen. He is enjoying and having a good time in Uncle Sam’s country. To get him, try to retrieve what Rawlings, Tsikatas, their cohorts and Boakye Djan stole. Asiedu Nketsia is still alive. Get him too because he stole Millions of Dollars too. And I learned that fool and a crook wants to be the President of Ghana! Ghanaians will be fools to even entertain any such stupidity.
Aanyooh Smith 1 week ago

His best food now is Zontoli. His trumu hymen has been mutilated by a totooed rogue from El Salvador

His best food now is Zontoli. His trumu hymen has been mutilated by a totooed rogue from El Salvador
Frank Agyena-Karikari. 1 week ago

I would have voted no at the UN ASSEMBLY if Africans and Arabs were not to be involved in paying any reparations to African countries. The Billion Dollars question that has been difficult and shameful to answer is WHO WENT IN ...
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I would have voted no at the UN ASSEMBLY if Africans and Arabs were not to be involved in paying any reparations to African countries. The Billion Dollars question that has been difficult and shameful to answer is WHO WENT INTO THE FORESTS AND OTHER AFRICAN TRIBES, DEFEATED THEM AND CARTED THE CONQUERED AFRICANS TO BE SOLD TO THE EUROPEAN SLAVE MERCHANTS? Were it not Africans who sold their own and kin into Slavery? Why should Africans want Reparations now? Slave Trade at that time was a legal business. Yes. Africans were sold to Indians as Slaves in the Trans Indian Ocean Slave Trade. Just try to find out and decipher how and why we have Black Indians. Yes. There was the Trans Mediterranean Slave Trade. Even as I post this, we have some Africans luring African pretty ladies into the Western World that they force into Prostitution for years before their Immigration Status Documents are given to them by their own African people who sent them to the Western World for money. The Africans are their own nemesis and horrible helpers.
Make any attempt to stop the trafficking of Africans to the Western World and even very hostile and horrible places like the Arab Dirty World and you shall be called very despicable names like they did to Akuffo Addo when he tried to prevent Ghanaians, especially the women from being transported to the Dirty Arab countries where they will be forced into Prostitution. Just reflect on the many ugly and despicable names Ghanaians called him including THE FOREST MONKEY, FOREST BABOON, and an UGLY SHORT DWARF. We are the cause of our own downfall. Africans should not be paid any Reparations from the horrible ugly Slave Trade unless African Governments are made to pay equal amounts of compensation because they were also actively involved in the horrific and ugly and atrocious horrible subhuman trade.
you lack understanding 1 week ago

For the same slave ship to be full toda means we blacks have failed over 100 years after slavery to develop our country to the extend that we so desperate to leave for America even if it involves the same slave ship that carr ...
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For the same slave ship to be full toda means we blacks have failed over 100 years after slavery to develop our country to the extend that we so desperate to leave for America even if it involves the same slave ship that carried our ancestors
they say they say 1 week ago

I guess they'll be going as slaves. You're not intelligent at all

I guess they'll be going as slaves. You're not intelligent at all
Asembenia 1 week ago

Yes, but they were asked and they willing wanted to leave Ghana. Boy, that's not slavery !

Yes, but they were asked and they willing wanted to leave Ghana. Boy, that's not slavery !

Oklemekuku 1 week ago

Lol

Lol
MPIGO 1 week ago

Yes the ship will be full because they are not going as slaves. Poor guy

Yes the ship will be full because they are not going as slaves. Poor guy
Rudy 1 week ago

And yet he clearly have stated the ship is a slave ship so make it makes sense….

Comprehension seems to be a difficult thing for the most of you on here.

And yet he clearly have stated the ship is a slave ship so make it makes sense….

Comprehension seems to be a difficult thing for the most of you on here.
TWEAA DC 1 week ago

OKUJETO ABLAKWA WILL TURN IT INTO PROTOCOL RECRUITMENT SYSTEM FOR NDC...AND THE SHIP WILL BE FULL OF NDC COLOURS BOUND FOR AMERICA...KWESI PRATT AND HIS FAMILY WILL DEFINATELY BE THERE...TWEAA.

OKUJETO ABLAKWA WILL TURN IT INTO PROTOCOL RECRUITMENT SYSTEM FOR NDC...AND THE SHIP WILL BE FULL OF NDC COLOURS BOUND FOR AMERICA...KWESI PRATT AND HIS FAMILY WILL DEFINATELY BE THERE...TWEAA.
our leaders lack vision 1 week ago

Even if we are given all the money in the world we will still be poor due to backward mentality misplaced priorities and divisions among us as a people see how politics has even divided us as a nation

Even if we are given all the money in the world we will still be poor due to backward mentality misplaced priorities and divisions among us as a people see how politics has even divided us as a nation
they say they say 1 week ago

You chose democracy as your choice of poltics and that's how it works. I hope i explained it simple enough for your understanding

You chose democracy as your choice of poltics and that's how it works. I hope i explained it simple enough for your understanding
DRAKOVICH 1 week ago

THE WICKED & SATANIC DOMINIONS INHABITING THIS EARTH HAVE REVEALED THEMSELVES. ALL THOSE STUPID GHANAIANS WHO THINK THIS CURRENT STATE OF ISRAEL BELONGS TO GOD ARE 24-CARAT FOOLS...!!!! IT IS THE STUBBORNNESS & WAYWARDNESS OF ...
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THE WICKED & SATANIC DOMINIONS INHABITING THIS EARTH HAVE REVEALED THEMSELVES. ALL THOSE STUPID GHANAIANS WHO THINK THIS CURRENT STATE OF ISRAEL BELONGS TO GOD ARE 24-CARAT FOOLS...!!!! IT IS THE STUBBORNNESS & WAYWARDNESS OF THESE ZIONIST CRIMINALS WHO HAVE REJECTED CHRIST AS THE MESSIAH WHY GOD ALLOWED ADOLF HITLER ALONE TO SLAUGHTER OVER SIX (6) MILLION OF THEM IN A BARBARIC FASHION. AND THEY REALLY DESERVED THAT CALAMITY.

ALL OVER THE WORLD, THE JEWS ARE THE MOST HATED GROUP OF MINORITIES ANYWHERE. BUT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT GOD FORETOLD TO BE HAPPENING TO THEM FOR THEIR LEGENDARY APOSTASY FROM THE ANCIENT TIMES. GOD HAS TOTALLY FORSAKEN THIS CURRENT NATION OF ISRAEL, AND THEY WILL HAVE THE SHOCK OF THEIR LIVES WHEN THEY SEE CHRIST IN HIS POWER & GLORY CONDEMNING THEM AS A HEATHEN NATION. TO HELL WITH ZIONIST ISRAEL. VERY SOON, THEIR ENEMIES WILL BE SWALLOWING THEM UP. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME.
Osei Kwame 1 week ago

Hmmm. Massa I shock self. The rabbit ears fool wants us to sympathise with them when Hitler was dragging them in trains to the Gas chambers. Any African who hated Hitler is a big fool

Hmmm. Massa I shock self. The rabbit ears fool wants us to sympathise with them when Hitler was dragging them in trains to the Gas chambers. Any African who hated Hitler is a big fool
Blue Pen 1 week ago

Shut up. Ghana voted against Israel in a recent UN resolution. It became the source of banter between the Israeli Ambassador in Ghana and Sam Ablakwa (Ghana's Foreign Minister). Why are you pained if you get paid back?

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Shut up. Ghana voted against Israel in a recent UN resolution. It became the source of banter between the Israeli Ambassador in Ghana and Sam Ablakwa (Ghana's Foreign Minister). Why are you pained if you get paid back?

Personally, I'm not happy Israel voted against the resolution but they get to make their decision just as Ghana made her decision. I'm quite sure it was a tit-for-tat decision. Plus, Israel cannot afford to break ranks with the USA at this time on any matter.

But before you summersault around over who are the satanic dominion and evil and blood suckers, let me remind you that Israel never colonized or attempted to colonize any African nation. Israel never took Africans as slaves en mass. If you don't know, research on what your favourite terrorist Arabs/islamists/jihadists did to Africa and its people long before the European set foot on African soil. And can't you see what your terrorist sweethearts are still doing to Africa - in Sudan, Nigeria, Niger, Mali, Burkina, Somalia, Libya, Chad, etc? Even 8 Ghanaian tomato traders unfortunately became victims of your terrorist sweethearts. Do away with the blind hatred and know who are really hurting Africa.
Blue Pen 1 week ago

Mahama also condemned Israel in his recent speech at the UN General Assembly but refused to condemn Hamas for the October 7 massacre and other subsequent actions.

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Mahama also condemned Israel in his recent speech at the UN General Assembly but refused to condemn Hamas for the October 7 massacre and other subsequent actions.

So, Ghana condemns Israel, votes against them but supports Hamas yet you expect Israel to vote for you. Who do you think you (Ghana) are? Get serious.

Obviously, Mahama and Ablakwa took those decisions for the Arab support because they have the numbers whereas Israel has only one vote. But who go pay the reparations? Kuwait, Bahrain or Cuba (who voted for the resolution)?

Adrianna Thomas 1 week ago

The slaves ships were owned and ensured by…guess who Ashkenazis!

The slaves ships were owned and ensured by…guess who Ashkenazis!
False prophet Mohammed 1 week ago

Don't be foolish,it's all about diplomacy,it doesn't mean all those who voted yes support Africa especially sub Sahara Africa

Don't be foolish,it's all about diplomacy,it doesn't mean all those who voted yes support Africa especially sub Sahara Africa
we have still not changed 1 week ago

fellow Africans sold their own brothers and sisters to the whiteman for slavery Today we are even more divided than before south africans killing west Africans with impunity extreme hatred between Ndc and Npp we should not bl ...
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fellow Africans sold their own brothers and sisters to the whiteman for slavery Today we are even more divided than before south africans killing west Africans with impunity extreme hatred between Ndc and Npp we should not blame the whites we are just pure evil
Asembenia 1 week ago

You would have done the same thing at that time when they had a gun you have a stick.

You would have done the same thing at that time when they had a gun you have a stick.
KWESI 1 week ago

Typical.Africans never accept responsibility for their evil deeds , always pointing fingers at others.Little wonder black Americans are still poor and complaining while Indian and Chinese immigrants are building wealth and be ...
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Typical.Africans never accept responsibility for their evil deeds , always pointing fingers at others.Little wonder black Americans are still poor and complaining while Indian and Chinese immigrants are building wealth and becoming billionaires.
Ako Spat 1 week ago

@Kwesi, please stop showing your ignorance. If America has an equal playing field no one will surpass the blackman. Just like how America says Iran is a failed state which you probably agree but ignore they have been under s ...
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@Kwesi, please stop showing your ignorance. If America has an equal playing field no one will surpass the blackman. Just like how America says Iran is a failed state which you probably agree but ignore they have been under sanctions for decades. If Africans are allowed to dictate what happens to their mineral wealth, do you not think we will also not develop? You have no idea of the diabolical interference from the west in our internal affairs.
beh 1 week ago

African Immigrants also have high paying jobs as well as having good education maybe you should do you're research instead of blindly hating on your own people....

African Immigrants also have high paying jobs as well as having good education maybe you should do you're research instead of blindly hating on your own people....
Adrianna Thomas 1 week ago

You are ignorant and you serve white master well, Europeans were indeed responsible for slavery.

Pope Nicholas V and Slavery

Papal Bulls and Justification for Slavery
Pope Nicholas V issued two significant papal bulls ...
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You are ignorant and you serve white master well, Europeans were indeed responsible for slavery.

Pope Nicholas V and Slavery

Papal Bulls and Justification for Slavery
Pope Nicholas V issued two significant papal bulls in the 15th century that had a profound impact on the institution of slavery.

Dum Diversas (1452): This bull authorized King Afonso V of Portugal to conquer and enslave "Saracens and pagans." It provided a moral justification for the enslavement of non-Christians, stating that they could be reduced to "perpetual servitude."

Romanus Pontifex (1455): This document further reinforced the rights granted in Dum Diversas, allowing Portugal to enslave any individuals encountered south of Cape Bojador. It legitimized the Portuguese slave trade and facilitated European colonization efforts in Africa.

Historical Context
These papal edicts emerged during a time when European powers were expanding their empires and seeking economic gain through the exploitation of African labor. The bulls reflected the prevailing attitudes of the time, where enslavement was often seen as a justifiable practice in the context of warfare and religious conflict.
Legacy and Criticism.
Lori 1 week ago

Failure.

Failure.
Yaw 1 week ago

They shouldn’t give a pesewa to African presidents.They will steal and send it back to America and Europe.Come to think of it, isn’t it Africans who caught and sold their own people into slavery?There is no where it was w ...
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They shouldn’t give a pesewa to African presidents.They will steal and send it back to America and Europe.Come to think of it, isn’t it Africans who caught and sold their own people into slavery?There is no where it was written that the traders stole them.Africans themselves are voluntarily going to slavery in Europe and America today.They should stop the noise and behave like human beings.
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CM 1 week ago

What is the benefit after this resolution? We still remain slaves. The true must be told

What is the benefit after this resolution? We still remain slaves. The true must be told
1HEREALTRUTH 1 week ago

DONT SAY WE MAYBE YOU THINK BACKWARDS BUT ALL BLACK PEOPLE ARE NOT LIKE YOU..THE PINK MAN HAS YOU THINKING RACISM AGAINST YOUR OWN SELF STUPID.

DONT SAY WE MAYBE YOU THINK BACKWARDS BUT ALL BLACK PEOPLE ARE NOT LIKE YOU..THE PINK MAN HAS YOU THINKING RACISM AGAINST YOUR OWN SELF STUPID.
Behr 1 week ago

Useless resolution. Will the countries who voted ‘ yes ‘ pay for the reparation? Mahama is anxious to get his share

Useless resolution. Will the countries who voted ‘ yes ‘ pay for the reparation? Mahama is anxious to get his share
Zacchaeus 1 week ago

@Berh-The-Beasty Fool.

Hate and bitterness will be your portion from now until 2098. God will keep elevating John Mahama over you NPP monsters for many decades to come. John Dramani Mahama.... YOUR ENEMIES ARE STILL BEING ...
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@Berh-The-Beasty Fool.

Hate and bitterness will be your portion from now until 2098. God will keep elevating John Mahama over you NPP monsters for many decades to come. John Dramani Mahama.... YOUR ENEMIES ARE STILL BEING CRIPPLED WAE...!!!!!
Blue Pen 1 week ago

Most likely it will be a useless resolution to a large extent, just like many other UN resolutions, including countless resolutions demanding an end to the USA economic blockade against Cuba. The countries that voted for the ...
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Most likely it will be a useless resolution to a large extent, just like many other UN resolutions, including countless resolutions demanding an end to the USA economic blockade against Cuba. The countries that voted for the resolution are not the ones required to pay reparations, except Brazil. This resolution is only of symbolic significance.

Reparations should not be paid to any African nation. The descendants of the slaves are the ones who actually deserve reparations. And some African nations, including Ghana and Nigeria, should also be paying reparations to the descendants of the people sold into slavery.
Unscru 1 week ago

so, EU the architect of the slave trade abstained from the vote and Uncle Sam one of the biggest beneficiaries voted against it.

AU must take note and formulate their policies appropriately.

so, EU the architect of the slave trade abstained from the vote and Uncle Sam one of the biggest beneficiaries voted against it.

AU must take note and formulate their policies appropriately.
Frank Agyena-Karikari. 1 week ago

You need to research more coherently. Who told you that the Europeans were the architects of that evil and shameful Human Trade? It were your own African greedy idiots and fools who fought against each other tribes, defeated, ...
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You need to research more coherently. Who told you that the Europeans were the architects of that evil and shameful Human Trade? It were your own African greedy idiots and fools who fought against each other tribes, defeated, captured and sold them into slavery.
There was the Trans Indian Ocean Slave Trade that went on before the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade. Yes, and the Trans Mediterranean Slave Trade. Before the Europeans entered into the Slave Trade, it had existed with the Indians centuries before. Do you know, and have you imagined that there are Black Indians? How did it happen? They are the descendants of Black Africans who were sold into slavery centuries before the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade. I blame the Africans because they sold their own and kin into all many forms of Slave Trade that went on.
Agyengo. 1 week ago

Mahama should be careful about His security.

Mahama should be careful about His security.
Alister Kojo 1 week ago

Agree with you. Historical facts are there to prove.

Agree with you. Historical facts are there to prove.
Dogo 1 week ago

Israel who suffered one of the horrendous crimes against humanity was bold enough to vote against this proposition? Heerrrr this world is not fair. This should guide we Africans to start doing things to protect ourselves in o ...
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Israel who suffered one of the horrendous crimes against humanity was bold enough to vote against this proposition? Heerrrr this world is not fair. This should guide we Africans to start doing things to protect ourselves in our own countries because these people don't give a shit about us. I think the best way we can be repaid is to ask the beneficially of the Atlantic slave trade, The Western world to construct intercontinental rail system for the entire Africa.
Sly 1 week ago

Israel doesn’t do anything contrary to America.

Israel doesn’t do anything contrary to America.
ST Ghfuo: KWAME NKRUMAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 1 week ago

they dont have money to repay thats why they said no.....thats why they open their borders to immigrants from those african nations particularly from west africa. but actual monetary reparations monies paa die la lie they can ...
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they dont have money to repay thats why they said no.....thats why they open their borders to immigrants from those african nations particularly from west africa. but actual monetary reparations monies paa die la lie they cant repay so they will say no
Pelicles. 1 week ago

The world is fair depending on how you treat yourself. We are just "On lookers" and society hate such humans. Slavery happened some hundreds of years ago, and yes, this resolution has been adopted, but the question is, what n ...
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The world is fair depending on how you treat yourself. We are just "On lookers" and society hate such humans. Slavery happened some hundreds of years ago, and yes, this resolution has been adopted, but the question is, what next?

We, as a matter of urgency, should tackle the bull by the horn, do the right things and Ghana will move on. If our mindset is right, look at how we are destroying our environment with illegal mining, and who are we going to blame, the Chinese or what?
Blue Pen 1 week ago

Unfortunately, Israel voted against the resolution. But don't forget that just a few months ago Ghana, led by Mahama and Sam Ablakwa, voted against Israel in a UN resolution. And it generated a little diplomatic spat between ...
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Unfortunately, Israel voted against the resolution. But don't forget that just a few months ago Ghana, led by Mahama and Sam Ablakwa, voted against Israel in a UN resolution. And it generated a little diplomatic spat between Ghana and Israel. Atika Atika one - one.

Besides, Mahama condemned Israel in his speech at the UN General Assembly but did not see anything wrong with Hamas' October 7 actions and other subsequent actions. So, what did you expect Israel to do? You support terrorist Hamas and go against Israel at every turn yet you expect Israel to support you? Besides, they cannot break ranks with USA, even if they wished otherwise.
Yooo 1 week ago

Great. Lincoln University Manipulated by Donald Trump saw the Promised Land but cowardice deducted them from making history !!!

Great. Lincoln University Manipulated by Donald Trump saw the Promised Land but cowardice deducted them from making history !!!
Carrington Clarks 1 week ago

Yes !

Yes !
Koppong 1 week ago

Which of these poor nations can even give one cedi to Mahama and kwesi Pratt

Which of these poor nations can even give one cedi to Mahama and kwesi Pratt
Akua Mansa 1 week ago

This historic event has OPENLY EXPOSED Who Our TRUE Enemies Of Progress Are; SURELY LET’S LEARN HOW TO RELATE TO THEM HENCEFORTH IN OUR GLOBAL FOREIGN POLICIES ; IT SURELY IS THE YARDSTICK THAT MEASURES WHO OUR TRUE FRIEND ...
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This historic event has OPENLY EXPOSED Who Our TRUE Enemies Of Progress Are; SURELY LET’S LEARN HOW TO RELATE TO THEM HENCEFORTH IN OUR GLOBAL FOREIGN POLICIES ; IT SURELY IS THE YARDSTICK THAT MEASURES WHO OUR TRUE FRIENDS ARE IN TODAYS WORLD!
Agropa 1 week ago

They are brain dead. Our leaders are fools.

They are brain dead. Our leaders are fools.
BOY KOFI 1 week ago

Slavery is an outcome of capitalism principale,when the rich needs more production,goods and money.
The Portuguese began slavery in the West Africa to improve the production of "sugar" in the West Indies for European market. ...
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Slavery is an outcome of capitalism principale,when the rich needs more production,goods and money.
The Portuguese began slavery in the West Africa to improve the production of "sugar" in the West Indies for European market.
The Dutch drove out the Portuguese from Ghana,Angola,Senegal and Sao Tome to continue the slave trade as usual.
The English and French were all involved to use slaves in their sugar plantation for sugar.
The Americans were buying the slaves to work on their cotton and tabacco plantations.
Now, President John Mahama must know that our ancestors suffered because of sugar so let him operationalise the Komenda Sugar Factory now.Tnx.
Aanyooh Smith 1 week ago

With the Bible in one hand. Pastor gbonyo be that

With the Bible in one hand. Pastor gbonyo be that
ST Ghfuo: KWAME NKRUMAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 1 week ago

lol smh

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Owusu 1 week ago

President John Dramani Mahama the Legacy President

President John Dramani Mahama the Legacy President
Owusu 1 week ago

President John Dramani Mahama, the Legacy President of Republic of Ghana.

President John Dramani Mahama, the Legacy President of Republic of Ghana.
Anane 1 week ago

The greatest surprises here supporting the motion are SaudiArabia and the UAE. Is it about gold,

The greatest surprises here supporting the motion are SaudiArabia and the UAE. Is it about gold,
Sycamore 1 week ago

Now we know Russia and China stands with Africa
We must go east and not west again

Now we know Russia and China stands with Africa
We must go east and not west again
Owan Yaw aka Lisiemine Ubi 1 week ago

And I guess modern day immigrants would start looking towards Russia and China, no longer to Europe and North America. How about that?

And I guess modern day immigrants would start looking towards Russia and China, no longer to Europe and North America. How about that?
Adrianna Thomas 1 week ago

No, make your own way, you have the resources, you don’t need any non African nation.

No, make your own way, you have the resources, you don’t need any non African nation.
Yusif 1 week ago

Your youth are using the Sahara desert still to travel out of the country to do cleaning jobs ! You are here fooling yourselves about a program Akuffo Addo started.

Meadeocure NDC

Your youth are using the Sahara desert still to travel out of the country to do cleaning jobs ! You are here fooling yourselves about a program Akuffo Addo started.

Meadeocure NDC
Now Africans know their enemies 1 week ago

Sad Israel was part. How Ghanaians love Christianity n Jews

Sad Israel was part. How Ghanaians love Christianity n Jews
AFRICANS ARE FOOLS - AFRICAWATCH 1 week ago

Ghanaians love Israel because they are fools. Israel hates Christianity and Jesus Christ and disrespect blacks. Israel is a shit,racist,murderous nation. Any African who supports Israel is a big fool

Ghanaians love Israel because they are fools. Israel hates Christianity and Jesus Christ and disrespect blacks. Israel is a shit,racist,murderous nation. Any African who supports Israel is a big fool
FACT 1 week ago

THE COLONIAL COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE TO PAY THE REPARATIONS ABSTAINED.
● Motion Passed.
● Implementation is Dead on Arrival.

THE COLONIAL COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE TO PAY THE REPARATIONS ABSTAINED.
● Motion Passed.
● Implementation is Dead on Arrival.
Kojo 1 week ago

I don't see why Christians believe so much in Israel. They are very wicked and heartless people. With the help of America they won't mind enslaving other countries again.

As for Argentina, I feel sorry for them. Kiss ass c ...
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I don't see why Christians believe so much in Israel. They are very wicked and heartless people. With the help of America they won't mind enslaving other countries again.

As for Argentina, I feel sorry for them. Kiss ass country.
ST Ghfuo: KWAME NKRUMAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 1 week ago

argentina is anti black n it reflects in their poverty stricken economy

argentina is anti black n it reflects in their poverty stricken economy
Ako Spat 1 week ago

Argentina is full of Jews, they control the country and are taking over.

Argentina is full of Jews, they control the country and are taking over.
Name 1 week ago

Meanwhile, a small minority of Israel are Christians. The majority are jews.

Meanwhile, a small minority of Israel are Christians. The majority are jews.
Cho cho cho 1 week ago

Not even one advanced economy voted, very sad, it means that they do not want to alter the world economic arrangement, the motion is defeated inter alia

Not even one advanced economy voted, very sad, it means that they do not want to alter the world economic arrangement, the motion is defeated inter alia
Name 1 week ago

Correction: only The Netherlands voted in favour.

I'm really shocked that UK voted against.

Correction: only The Netherlands voted in favour.

I'm really shocked that UK voted against.
Achakanapaya 1 week ago

The white Man is the representative of Satan on Earth.

The white Man is the representative of Satan on Earth.
ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 1 week ago

The nation's that abstained..why did they abstain? Fools

The nation's that abstained..why did they abstain? Fools
Okomfo Anokye conjured a Golden Stool 1 week ago

They only washed their hands like Harod Agripa when the same Jews presented Jesus to be crucified. Stupid Vatican

They only washed their hands like Harod Agripa when the same Jews presented Jesus to be crucified. Stupid Vatican
Jubilee House Rat. 1 week ago

Thank almighty Lord Jesus. The incompetent official numéro uno, did not succeed in his dubious attempt aka scamming scheme of the Westerners, this time!

Thank almighty Lord Jesus. The incompetent official numéro uno, did not succeed in his dubious attempt aka scamming scheme of the Westerners, this time!
BK 1 week ago

Why is isreal denying our suffering while commit genocide in the name of their holocaust

Why is isreal denying our suffering while commit genocide in the name of their holocaust
Donatus 1 week ago

Very unethical. We squandered the proceeds of the slave trade and now asking for more to waste it again. Why are we not asking for accountability?

Very unethical. We squandered the proceeds of the slave trade and now asking for more to waste it again. Why are we not asking for accountability?
Sage 1 week ago

That tells you those that benefitted abstained or chose no

That tells you those that benefitted abstained or chose no
awo 1 week ago

OF COURSE ARGENTINA KILLED SLAVES AND THE REST IS NO NEWS

OF COURSE ARGENTINA KILLED SLAVES AND THE REST IS NO NEWS
Adrianna Thomas 1 week ago

I am surprised that Fiji abstained, shame on them!

I am surprised that Fiji abstained, shame on them!
Zionism is racism 1 week ago

So zionist, criminal and terrorist israel voted against, but Iran voted in favour of the resolution. Hmmm!

So zionist, criminal and terrorist israel voted against, but Iran voted in favour of the resolution. Hmmm!
Populist 1 week ago

Uk,France and Portugal were the chief beneficiary of the slave trade how will the support the reparatory motion. US and Argentina are full of racist so no wonder they voted against the bill. Hypocrites. We use every medium to ...
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Uk,France and Portugal were the chief beneficiary of the slave trade how will the support the reparatory motion. US and Argentina are full of racist so no wonder they voted against the bill. Hypocrites. We use every medium to demand justice. You people preach justice but practice and support evil.
OSAFO KANTANKA 1 week ago

Well, African Countries have been told “Who Their Friends or ENEMIES Are. What do African countries do now that they Know who their “ENEMIES are.

Well, African Countries have been told “Who Their Friends or ENEMIES Are. What do African countries do now that they Know who their “ENEMIES are.
Descendant of African Slaves in the USA 6 days ago

Some of us in the USA resonate with what you’re saying. We already know that this current administration is not for Black Americans. I now see what other countries are also not for us. But if God be for us, who can be aga ...
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Some of us in the USA resonate with what you’re saying. We already know that this current administration is not for Black Americans. I now see what other countries are also not for us. But if God be for us, who can be against us? I’m surprised about Israel rejected it as I am for Israel.
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Kobi 1 week ago

And yet slavery still goes on today in Mother Ghana. Just take a trip to the fishing villages of Lake Volta and see the wickedness against some children there. Perhaps we should clean our own house.

And yet slavery still goes on today in Mother Ghana. Just take a trip to the fishing villages of Lake Volta and see the wickedness against some children there. Perhaps we should clean our own house.
Kofi Babone 1 week ago

Only the hungry ones voted yes.
Poverty will soon be classified as a form of mental illness which will require psychiatric treatment.
We are mad as a people.
We must understand that the global framework promotes inequa ...
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Only the hungry ones voted yes.
Poverty will soon be classified as a form of mental illness which will require psychiatric treatment.
We are mad as a people.
We must understand that the global framework promotes inequality, continue playing victims won’t change the system.
Kwame 1 week ago

All wars that are waged to enslave people, exterminate, deprive then of their property, their family are unjust wars.
It does not depend on how the perpetrator of such act will justify it. But wars waged by people who were ...
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All wars that are waged to enslave people, exterminate, deprive then of their property, their family are unjust wars.
It does not depend on how the perpetrator of such act will justify it. But wars waged by people who were conquered by others and are under their subjugation to emancipate themselves against the oppressor is a just war.
Its a fact that a person who buys anything must be careful about what he buys. So when you buy a stolen item, knowing well that it was stolen, you are as guilty and the thief who stole the item and sold it to you.
So he who buys a person from another person is guilty of enslaving his fellow human being. Unless you pay for the freedom of your fellow human being, you are as guilty as the one who wage war to capture and sell his fellow human being to you.
Its a crime to acquire labour through warfare and other acts of creating instability in countries so that you get cheap labour from them as a result of the refuges who created through your action.
Nazi Germany paid reparation for Jews it subjected to cruelty from 1935 to 1945 a period of ten years.
So why Europe did not want to pay reparation to Africans, or because they are Negroes, which according to them deserve to be threated in all forms of inhuman manner.
YOU SEE THEM? 1 week ago

As you can see, the breakdown shows where the racists are mostly concentrated.
I really hope black people in a few hundred years, will also have the chance to treat white people, especially racists, the same way we were trea ...
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As you can see, the breakdown shows where the racists are mostly concentrated.
I really hope black people in a few hundred years, will also have the chance to treat white people, especially racists, the same way we were treatef.
I am calling again for the banning in Africa of the image of Jesus.
It is a lie, and an abomination for black people to be worshipping the image of a white man as their spiritual lord and saviour. It is totally WRONG!
Lalas 1 week ago

Upon all the Africa's natural resources we ain't able to develop due to greedy and wicked leadership. What will that small reparation do for Africa? Mr. Mahama, what happened to the 500,000 dollars Ghana received from the Ga ...
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Upon all the Africa's natural resources we ain't able to develop due to greedy and wicked leadership. What will that small reparation do for Africa? Mr. Mahama, what happened to the 500,000 dollars Ghana received from the Gambia when some ghanaians were killed by yaya jamal. Mahama was the president then.
King 1 week ago

I hate isreal... That's why i hate pastors and Christians..... Stupid god of Israel the call it

I hate isreal... That's why i hate pastors and Christians..... Stupid god of Israel the call it
Bee 1 week ago

I pray nothing is paid because when paid the money will not reach Africa.
African leaders aren't trust worthy, it's good our voice has been heard (MAHAMA) and must stop there.

I pray nothing is paid because when paid the money will not reach Africa.
African leaders aren't trust worthy, it's good our voice has been heard (MAHAMA) and must stop there.
Descendant of African Slaves in the USA 6 days ago

I want to extend my gratitude to Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and other African countries in the motherland who presented and voted for the UN Resolution to name transatlantic slavery as what it truly was and continues to be as slav ...
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I want to extend my gratitude to Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and other African countries in the motherland who presented and voted for the UN Resolution to name transatlantic slavery as what it truly was and continues to be as slavery still exists. Thank you so very much! Perhaps I would move to the Motherland as opposed to my home country which refuses, under the current administration, to acknowledge the sins of the past. My God has the final say. There’s a Professor on the continent of Africa who proposes that we do it on our own and not rely on those opposed to us. Yet, the lessons of Dr. King and Medgar Evers beckons to me, “Keep fighting, keep going!”
Paul Jeremie 4 days ago

Pourquoi l'article a omis de mentionner les pays qui étaient absents du vote, tels que le Bénin ?

Pourquoi l'article a omis de mentionner les pays qui étaient absents du vote, tels que le Bénin ?

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UN Vote on Ghana's Slavery Motion: Who said no and who abstained

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