President John Dramani Mahama has taken Ghana’s advocacy for reparatory justice and slavery remembrance onto the global stage.

This follows his preparation to lead the country’s delegation to a high-level engagement at the United Nations aimed at addressing historical injustices stemming from slavery.

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The visit, which will see the President travel to New York and Pennsylvania, is being framed as a strategic effort to place Ghana at the centre of the growing global conversation on reparations for the transatlantic slave trade.

According to a statement issued by the Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, on March 22, 2026, Mahama’s participation will include delivering a keynote address at a High-Level Special Event on Reparatory Justice at the UN Headquarters.

“On Wednesday, President Mahama will address the UN General Assembly during the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade,” parts of the statement read.

The event, themed, “Reparatory Justice for the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and the Racialised Chattel Enslavement of Africans,” is expected to convene world leaders and high-level dignitaries to confront what the statement describes as a “critical matter of historical injustice.”

The statement added that President Mahama is also expected to advance a firm policy position at the global level.

The statement noted that President Mahama “will present Ghana's position, which has been adopted by the African Union (AU) on a landmark resolution to declare ‘the trafficking of enslaved Africans and the racialised chattel enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity.”

As part of the itinerary, the President will also address the UN General Assembly during the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, further reinforcing Ghana’s diplomatic push on the issue.

In addition, the visit will begin with a wreath-laying ceremony at the African Burial Grounds Memorial in New York, an act the statement said is intended to honour the memory of enslaved Africans.

“The visit will commence with a solemn wreath-laying ceremony at the African Burial Grounds Memorial in New York on Tuesday, paying tribute to the memory of enslaved Africans,” it indicated.

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Mahama is also expected to engage the Ghanaian diaspora and academic institutions, including a keynote address at Lincoln University and an interaction with the Ghanaian community at Temple University.



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