Why do people talk about compensation for slavery in the past, rather than slavery in Africa today?

There are estimated to upwards of 25 million slaves in the world today. These are people in enforced and unpaid labour in countries such as Eritrea and North Korea, who are unable to leave because they are slaves. The only interest in slavery among many people in the west though, seems to be the descendants of Africans who were transported across the Atlantic as part of the transatlantic slave trade. #:~:text=Cannibalism has re-emerged throughout,and taste for human flesh. #:~:text=In the Republic of the Congo, where Pygmies make up,call a time-honored tradition.