Amhara Region

Fight against human trafficking must be strengthened in Ethiopia’s wartorn north
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Fight against human trafficking must be strengthened in Ethiopia’s wartorn north

The protracted conflict in the three northern regions have heightened risks of trafficking for sexual exploitation as a form of sexual violence in conflict, the experts said in a statement. “We are alarmed by reports of refugee and internally displaced women and girls in the Tigray, Afar, and Amhara regions being abducted while attempting to…

Ethiopia: Critical Moment To Strengthen The Fight Against Trafficking In Tigray, Afar And Amhara
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Ethiopia: Critical Moment To Strengthen The Fight Against Trafficking In Tigray, Afar And Amhara

GENEVA (3 October 2022) – Women and girls in the Tigray, Afar and Amhar are increasingly vulnerable to abduction and trafficking for sexual exploitation as they flee the conflict in Northern Ethiopia, UN experts* warned today. The protracted armed conflict in the Tigray, Afar and Amhara regions of Ethiopia have heightened risks of trafficking for sexual…

111 Ethiopians rescued in suspected human trafficking – News Ghana
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111 Ethiopians rescued in suspected human trafficking – News Ghana

Security forces in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara regional state have rescued 111 individuals in a suspected case of human trafficking, an Ethiopian official said on Friday. Desalegn Abera, senior police commander of Gonder city administration, said the 97 females and 14 males were rescued recently, after one of them managed to escape from a compound they…

‘From misery to hope’ – teenage boy returns to school after being exploited on a drugs farm
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‘From misery to hope’ – teenage boy returns to school after being exploited on a drugs farm

A teenage boy is now able to return to school after poverty and desperation…

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