The transatlantic slave trade may have ended centuries ago, but its scars continue to shape societies across Africa and the diaspora.

Caribbean nations have pledged full cooperation with Africa in its pursuit of restorative justice for the enslavement of Africans during the transatlantic slave trade.

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley presented the CARICOM 10-Point Plan for Reparatory Justice at the High-Level Consultative Conference.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has used the High-Level Consultative Conference on the Next Steps for the Landmark UN Resolution on the Transatlantic Slave Trade in Accra, Ghana, to draw parallels between its legacy and Namibia's ongoing pursuit of reparations for the genocide committed against the Herero and Nama

The United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution recognising slavery as one of the gravest crimes against humanity.

This comes after Ghana’s President, John Mahama, proposed the resolution at the Assembly, seeking to declare the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity.