Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Ghana has already filed a resolution at the United Nations for Western countries and institutions to acknowledge, apologise and pay reparations for their role in the slave trade.

Previous calls for reparations have been unsuccessful.

#BBCGlobalEye explores why Ghana in particular is leading this new campaign.

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