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Researchers tipped on solution-finding – New Vision Official
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Researchers tipped on solution-finding – New Vision Official

Researchers across the country have been urged to focus on solution-finding-based research in order to ensure the development of communities. According to Makerere University School of Public Health deputy dean Prof. Elizeus Rutebemberwa, research should aim at bettering societies and combating community challenges. This, he said would help society develop at faster rates. “Problems of today are because…

179 victims of human trafficking rescued in Wakiso
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179 victims of human trafficking rescued in Wakiso

Police on Wednesday arrested a suspect on charges related to human trafficking and rescued 179 victims who had been recruited and were supposed to be taken to Kenya for employment. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, said the victims comprised of 99 males and 80 females. He said the victims were taken to Kakiri Police…

Organ Trafficking – A Growing Problem with No Easy Solutions
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Organ Trafficking – A Growing Problem with No Easy Solutions

The organ trade is a complex crime that is fuelled by the high demand for organ transplants and rising global inequalities. The root causes of the trade need to be addressed and stronger responses are needed to tackle the more organised and exploitative forms of the trade, writes Frederike Ambagtsheer for The Conversation. Organ trade…

Uganda: 17 Girls Rescued From Human Trafficking, Return Home
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Uganda: 17 Girls Rescued From Human Trafficking, Return Home

On Monday, an immigration spokesman said that Uganda has repatriated 17 Ethiopian girls rescued from human trafficking in the capital, Kampala. Related: Ugandan President Backs Anti-LGBTQ+ Law According to Simon Mundi, spokesman for the Ugandan Ministry of the International Affairs, Ugandan authorities handed over the girls at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Ethiopian immigration…

Human trafficking moving deeper underground: UN report
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Human trafficking moving deeper underground: UN report

The United Nations Security Council votes to adopt a resolution to renew the authorization of vessel inspection and seizure off the coast of Libya to curb migrant smuggling and human trafficking at UN Headquarters in New York, on Sept. 29, 2021. (Ariana Lindquist/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua) In addition to reducing opportunities for human traffickers to…

Presidents Samia, Ruto pledge to tackle human trafficking – The East African
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Presidents Samia, Ruto pledge to tackle human trafficking – The East African

By VALERIE KOGA By APOLINARI TAIRO Kenya and Tanzania have agreed to strengthen border security through cooperation to weed out transboundary crime, including human and drug trafficking, terrorism and poaching. Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu and Kenya’s President William Ruto made the announcement at a press briefing in Dar es Salaam on Monday following bilateral talks. Read: Human trade…

Uganda arrests US couple for torturing child, face death penalty – Big News Network.com
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Uganda arrests US couple for torturing child, face death penalty – Big News Network.com

KAMPALA, Uganda: Uganda’s state prosecutor has said that an American couple detained on charges of aggravated torture of a 10-year-old boy now face an additional charge of aggravated child trafficking. If convicted, Nicholas Spencer and his wife, Mackenzie Leigh Mathias Spencer, both 32, could face the death penalty. The couple have been in custody since…

US couple face the death penalty in Uganda as they are hit with new child trafficking charge
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US couple face the death penalty in Uganda as they are hit with new child trafficking charge

Aid workers ‘tortured their HIV+ foster son, 10, by keeping him naked and feeding him only cold food’ American’s Nicholas Spencer and his wife Mackenzie Leigh Mathias Spencer are accused of torturing their foster child in Uganda The couple was hit with a new trafficking charge that carries the death penalty  US Embassy in Kampala said it…