Barbados's Prime Minister Mia Mottley has announced a new manifesto laying out the moral, ethical, and legal case for slavery reparations, according to The Guardian. She made the declaration at a conference in Ghana focused on advancing reparatory justice, following the United Nations' recent designation of the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity. The manifesto particularly emphasizes harm inflicted on African women and is under consideration by other Caribbean nations.

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