Ghana takes transatlantic slavery case to UN

> There is broad historical consensus that the transatlantic slave trade between the 15th and 19th centuries, which involved the kidnapping, enslavement and transport of millions of Africans to the Americas and the Caribbean, was one of the biggest tragedies in human history. > > It's estimated that over 400 years, 15 million men, women and children were forcibly transported. Other sources say 12 to 12.8 million were enslaved. About 10.7 million arrived in the Americas alive, while between 1.5 and 2 million died during the crossing, also known as the Middle Passage. > > In Addis Ababa, Mahama said: "People jumped out of ships, who preferred to die. People who were too ill or sick and were thrown overboard to be eaten by sharks."