Manhyia South MP urges leaders to turn UN slave trade resolution into development action

The Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, has urged Ghana and African leaders to translate discussions on the transatlantic slave trade into tangible national development initiatives.


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