The False Simplicity of Blaming “the West” Alone for the African Slave Trade On March 25, 2026, the UN General Assembly adopted a controversial resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade and racialized chattel enslavement of Africans as the “gravest crime against humanity,” championed by Ghana on behalf of the African Union. The resolution, passed with 123 votes […]
There are silences that weigh more than one vote against, and in diplomacy, abstention also says many things. France recently decided to abstain in the vote on a UN resolution that called the African slave trade the "most serious crime against humanity."Keep reading...