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Africa is the second-largest continent in the world, covering about 11.7 million square miles. It is located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres, and is bordered by the Atlantic and Indian oceans. Africa is home to a diverse array of cultures, languages, and ethnicities, and has a rich history and heritage. The continent is known for its natural beauty and wildlife, including the savannas of the Serengeti, the pyramids of Egypt, and the Victoria Falls. Africa is also home to many of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable populations, and faces a number of challenges, such as poverty, conflict, and disease.
Cape Town – A new research report – compiled by the South African Anti-Money Laundering Integrated Task Force (Samlit) – on modern slavery and human trafficking titled Follow the Money shows the Western Cape reports the highest number of cases of modern slavery and human trafficking (MSHT). The Western Cape is followed by Gauteng, Eastern…
Their husbands had gone to South Africa to work. Several months had passed already, but still no word or paycheck arrived back home. Neither woman had a phone to contact them. With 11 children between the two families and financial difficulties stacking up, the women began to reach a breaking point. When a stranger named…
Human trafficking means the abduction, recruitment, or harbouring of men, women, and children through force or fraud for an act of slavery, forced sexual acts, surrogacy, and the harvest of human organs. It trafficking can occur trans-nationally as well as within the bounds of a single state. The history of human trafficking is as old…
Los Angeles, CA – White Dove, the anonymous singer and songwriter, has always known that music is a powerful language we can all learn to speak and bridge cultural differences. White Dove first used her gift of song in 2009, when she was on a medical rescue mission in East Africa. A violent grenade attack…
The global crisis of human trafficking sadly hits closer to home than one might think. Monica Watkins knows this all too well. She is the co-founder of Beauty For Freedom (BFF), a non-profit organization that empowers young survivors of human trafficking through creative art therapy. “A two-year study revealed that 40% of sex trafficking victims…
The two women who, a Monrovia court in January ordered Arthur Chan-Chan, a former agent of the National Security Agency to pay restitutions for trafficking them to Oman say they’ve yet to receive their payments. By Anthony Stephens, with New Narratives The women have alleged that the government has done nothing about the payments. “Things…
Ike Ekweremadu, 60, tells Old Bailey he paid Dr Obinna Obeta £1,800 to find kidney donor for his daughter A Nigerian politician accused of organ trafficking to the UK issued an “abide by the law” instruction to a doctor who offered to find a kidney donor for his sick daughter for a fee, the…
The re-arrest and on-going trial of Gerhard Ackerman, who is accused of running a child abuse and trafficking ring is providing an opportunity for South Africa to reflect on the type of language it uses – and has made acceptable – to refer to atrocious crimes against children. Ackerman is facing more than 738 charges,…
High rates of child labour and school dropouts have been found to increase children’s vulnerability to sexual exploitation. ECPAT’s research outlines the need for stronger child protection laws and more resources to support victims of child sexual exploitation. In cooperation with Sexuelles, ECPAT International is pleased to announce the launch of the Côte d’Ivoire Country…
This piece was jointly submitted with Women’s Peace Network to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons in response to their call for inputs. For decades, as an ethnic minority group, the Rohingya people have faced discrimination, oppression, and persecution in Myanmar. Stripped from their access to property, citizenship, and other basic rights,…
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