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Modern Slavery

How CNN reported on ‘child slaves’ who were not really enslaved
Africa
/ 19 March 2019

How CNN reported on ‘child slaves’ who were not really enslaved

Despite what a recent CNN documentary claims, there is no pervasive child slavery problem in Ghana’s Lake Volta region

By Betty Mensah and Samuel Okyere
Fact check: How many people are enslaved in the world today?
Article
/ 8 January 2019

Fact check: How many people are enslaved in the world today?

Estimates of modern slavery vary widely, whether they try to pin down numbers in the US, across the globe or just in certain industries

By Staff Reporter
This is what life is like in the world’s last country to ban slavery
Article
/ 14 June 2018

This is what life is like in the world’s last country to ban slavery

Photojournalist, Seif Kousmate, photographed and interviewed current and former slaves in Mauritania and got imprisoned by police in the process.

By Bhekisisa Team
Eritrea’s new normal: The tragedy and the struggle for change
Africa
/ 25 March 2018

Eritrea’s new normal: The tragedy and the struggle for change

Eritreans have become desensitised; the slavery in Libya is “the new normal”

By Staff Reporter
Slavery dominates discussion at AU-EU Summit
Africa
/ 30 November 2017

Slavery dominates discussion at AU-EU Summit

​Modern-day slave markets in Libya were on the lips of African and European leaders at the opening of the summit in Abidjan

By Staff Reporter
Evacuate migrants enslaved in Libya, urges France’s Macron
Africa
/ 29 November 2017

Evacuate migrants enslaved in Libya, urges France’s Macron

Bound for the EU-Africa summit, President Macron told Burkina Faso students that migrant trafficking was a "crime against humanity."

By Deutsche Welle 1
A powerful weapon in the fight against modern slavery
Analysis
/ 16 October 2013

A powerful weapon in the fight against modern slavery

The Global Slavery Index will help shape national and global efforts to root out modern slavery in Africa and across the world, writes Nick Grono.

By Nick Grono

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