Ghana Says France Is Open to Engaging on Slavery Reparations

Ghana said France was open to having discussions with a coalition of countries that are calling for reparations for transatlantic slavery, following a meeting ​last week with President Emmanuel Macron.

Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama, accompanied ‌by foreign minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and other officials, held talks with Macron in Paris on Wednesday last week.

Ablakwa said on X after the meeting that Macron has indicated ​France was open to discussions on reparations, including the return of ​looted artefacts, addressing global economic inequities and dismantling structural racism.

An official ⁠from Élysée Palace said on Sunday that both countries discussed France’s efforts ​to return culturally significant objects and human remains, as well as the legal ​frameworks around these restitutions.

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