The United Nations General Assembly, led by Ghana, recently passed a resolution by a 123-3 vote declaring that the “transatlantic” slave trade was the “gravest crime” ever committed against humanity.

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday recalled the “sorrow and great suffering” Angolans endured for centuries, as the American pope prayed at a Catholic shrine located at the site of an

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday recalled the "sorrow and great suffering" Angolans endured for centuries, as the American pope prayed at a Catholic shrine located at the site of an important hub of the African slave trade during Portugal's colonial rule.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Several African countries have erected memorials to the victims of slavery, such as this statue in Senegal [AFP via Getty Images] The United Nations General Assembly this week ...

A special committee of the African Union and Caribbean Community, together representing 75 countries, endorsed the demand that European states should pay reparations for “historical mass crimes.” Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo explained, “The ...

African countries lead the world in the prevalence of slavery, with the continent comprising 38 of the 50 nations where the scourge is at its worst, according to data by the Walk Free Foundation, an anti-slavery organization. The Global Slavery Index ...

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo has revived the subject of reparations to Africa for the monstrous injustice meted on the continent by the slave trade. He is right. When the story of Africa's underdevelopment is told, sometimes derisively, no one ...

Editor’s note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black-history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof, to whom these ...