President Akufo-Addo is calling for a formal apology and reparations from the Western world, condemning the inhumane treatment Africans endured during the slave trade.

He asserts that Africa deserves compensation for the human rights abuses suffered under slave masters.

Speaking at the inaugural Accra Reparation Conference, President Akufo-Addo emphasised the necessity of reparations, stating that European countries involved in the slave trade must apologise for the crimes committed against Africans.

“It is time for Africa, thirty million of whose sons and daughters had their freedoms curtailed and sold into slavery, to also receive reparations.

"No amount of money can restore the damage caused by the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its consequences, which spanned many centuries, but surely, this is a matter that the world must confront and can no longer ignore.”

“And even before these discussions on reparations conclude, the entire continent of Africa deserves a formal apology from the European nations involved in the slave trade.”