Foundation for Peace Professionals (PeacePro) has praised Ghana’s proposal to support a United Nations resolution that calls for the transatlantic slave trade to be officially recognized as a crime against humanity. They said this is a big and important step for Africa on the world stage.
It is predicted that Ghana would file the resolution with the UN on March 25, 2026.
The organization did, however, suggest that the program be expanded to include the Trans-Saharan slave trade, saying that a more complete approach would better portray the full range of Africa’s history with slavery.
Abdulrazaq Hamzat, the Executive Director of PeacePro, said in a statement yesterday that Ghana’s actions showed moral and political fortitude in facing one of history’s most terrible wrongs.
“This effort can be made stronger by recognizing all the major systems that enslaved Africans.
Hamzat added, “A full historical reckoning will boost Africa’s moral authority and strengthen the case for reparations and restorative justice.”
PeacePro said that Ghana’s move is in line with what has been happening on the continent lately, such as Algeria’s decision to make colonialism a crime against humanity in its parliament. It said that similar resolutions should be passed by all African countries as a basis for working together in the United Nations.
The group stressed that the transatlantic system and the Trans-Saharan slave trade, which lasted more than a thousand years and affected millions of Africans in North Africa, the Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean, must be recognized together to give a full picture of Africa’s historical suffering.
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