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Nairobi is the capital city of Kenya and is a hub for human trafficking in East Africa. The city’s large population and its position as a regional transportation hub make it an attractive destination for traffickers. Many trafficking victims in Nairobi are from rural areas and are lured into exploitation with promises of employment or education opportunities. The Kenyan government has taken steps to address the problem of trafficking in the city, including passing laws to protect victims and providing training to law enforcement officials. However, the problem of human trafficking in Nairobi remains a significant challenge.
As I commemorated Martin Luther King, Jr. this week and thought about racial justice, one area we don’t talk enough about is the racialized reality of human trafficking. According to the Congressional Black Caucus, 57.5 percent of all juvenile detention prostitution arrests were of Black children, and 40 percent of sex trafficking victims identified as…
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…
“We were expected to work for long hours. If you showed signs of weakness, they would threaten that they would give you up for organ harvesting” …. recalled a survivor as she shared her experience with HAART Kenya Nairobi, on 31st of August, 2022 HAART received a call for help via social media and…
The overwhelming violence of Kenya’s 2007 elections saw over 1,200 Kenyans lose their lives and 300,000 people displaced. Half of the deaths were blamed on police action. It was a turning point that triggered reform, but elections continued to be marked by death and police brutality. Samantha Pendo, a six-month-old baby who was critically injured…
International Philanthropist Len Morris during an interview at African Network for the Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN) Regional office in Nairobi on November 22nd, 2022. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] More than 27 years after he set his feet in Kenya, Len Morris did not know his pursuit to document stories about child…
Our last day in Kenya. Started our trip from our hotel by boat to the Lamu Airport and then to Nairobi. Had dinner and off to the airport to go to Calgary via Amsterdam. Only three of us are now in Kenya, all at different locations I will leave tomorrow. Thank you for following our…
At 40 years, I have seen it all having undergone trafficking abroad. As a single mom, my biggest drive is to always create a better life for my 2 school-going children and immediate family. Looking at how far I have come, I am truly grateful to be back home and able to run a business….
Mitzi Perdue, widow of the late Frank Perdue — former CEO of Perdue Farms — is heiress to the Sheraton Hotels fortune and is a self-described human rights activist. Recently she was invited to Ukraine as a special guest of the Kyiv police force, Fox News Digital is told, where she saw firsthand how the…
Five Namibian teenagers were en route to Russia for the purpose of pursuing an education when one of our monitors approached them for questioning. When the monitor asked where they would be studying in Russia, the group was unable to provide the name of the university. They explained that they had been studying medicine online…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 21 – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned Kenyans to be wary of human traffickers posing as recruitment agencies for lucrative jobs abroad, and advised them to do proper due diligence before taking on such opportunities. A statement by Consular and Diaspora affairs through a statement on Friday said that they…
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