UN names African slave trade 'gravest crime against humanity'

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EYE ON AFRICA
EYE ON AFRICA © FRANCE 24
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Eye on Africa
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In tonight's edition: The UN General Assembly designates the transatlantic African slave trade as "the gravest crime against humanity", in a move that advocates hail as a step towards healing and possible reparations. Also, in a visit to top African trading partner Algeria, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says the two nations will work to increase deliveries of Algerian gas. Plus how the conflict in the Middle East risks crippling Kenya's flower industry.

Produced by Vedika Bahl and Antonia Cimini