UN bodies record 40 million cases of modern slavery
African and European leaders have expressed outrage at footage of migrants being held in Libya being sold into slavery. Authoritative UN bodies say this is the tip of the iceberg. They’ve recorded 40-million cases of modern slavery in 2016. The International Labour Organization and the International Organization for Migration say they’ve documented 25 million […]
Rwanda offers refuge to captives in Libya
Rwanda’s offering to take in Europe-bound migrants who’ve been held in Europe and face being sold into slavery. Given its history, says Rwanda’s foreign ministry it has no option but to offer refuge to as many as 30,000 African migrants suffering slave-like conditions in Libya. Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo says her country’s small but […]
Denmark apology to Ghana over slave trade
Denmark’s apologized to Ghana for its part in the African slave trade more than two hundred years ago. Foreign Minister Anders Samuelson calls is a sinful and unforgettable able part of human history that cannot be justified. Combatting human trafficking today is on the agenda items for Danish Queen Magarethe’s visit now underway in Ghana. […]
Interpol Africa raids free 500 trafficking victims
Interpol raids across north and west Africa have rescued 500 victims of human trafficking and netted 40 suspects who will be brought to court. The raids have been sponsored by a German government crackdown on organized crime. Half of the victims freed by the Interpol operation are children. Those arrested are accused of forcing their […]
SA Angola raise contact level to binational commission
South African and Angola president meeting in Pretoria today have saluted Robert Mugabe for what they call his sterling contribution to the liberation struggle in Africa and particularly the Southern African region. Their meeting, already postponed once, meant they could not attend the inauguration of Zimbabwe’s new president Emmerson Mnangawa who they wished well as […]