Politics of Saturday, 28 March 2026Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, has argued that the historical accounts of transatlantic slave trade fail to reflect the role played by local actors. Speaking on the Floor of Parliament on Friday, March 27, 2026, he said some indigeneous people subjected their people to inhumane treatment. We maltreated our own and told the white man that he should also maltreat our own. President Mahama signals next move after UN reparatory justice victory“It is also a fact that the inhumane treatment, the unfortunate humiliation, the maginalisation, injustice and abuse of our ancestors who became victims of this slave trade must be condemned,” he said. The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution recognizing the trafficking of enslaved Africans as the "gravest crime against humanity."

Source: GhanaWeb March 28, 2026 09:13 UTC