Ghana’s President, John Dramani Mahama, has taken to social media to express his heartfelt gratitude to Africans and key international blocs after the United Nations General Assembly voted to recognise the enslavement of Africans during the transatlantic slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity.”
In a post shared on X and sighted by GhanaWeb on March 25, 2026, President Mahama highlighted how what began as an idea was ultimately brought to fruition.
According to him, the achievement would not have been possible without what he described as the “solidarity” of people around the world, led by the active coalition of the African Union, CARICOM, and other groups.
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“I am overjoyed by the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans and the racialised chattel enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity.
“The process of its realisation, from idea to reality, was made possible by the solidarity of people of good conscience around the world and led by the active coalition of the African Union, CARICOM, and other groups,” he said.
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President Mahama further noted that he could not think of a better way to honour Africa’s forebears than ensuring global recognition of the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity.
“I cannot think of a better way to honour our forebears on this day of remembrance than to have the majority of the world’s countries affirm that the trafficking and enslavement of nearly 13 million human beings is, indeed, the gravest crime against humanity,” he added.
Read the full post below:
I am overjoyed by the adoption by the UN Gerneral Assembly of the resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialised chattel enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity.
— John Dramani Mahama (@JDMahama) March 26, 2026
The process of its realisation, from idea to reality, was made… pic.twitter.com/zMB2J5dkUM
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