The UK owes a debt to descendants of enslaved people and to taxpayers whose money was used to compensate slave traders and owners. Some years ago I found myself face to face with the statue…
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Using a Facebook group dedicated to selling and buying products in the country, a Lebanese young man attempted to “sell” the housekeeper working in his house for $1000 drawing lots of criticism to what has been known…
ABOARD AQUARIUS RESCUE SHIP — International charity ships and Libya’s coast guard picked up several hundred migrants Saturday as smugglers trying to take advantage of calm seas launched a flurry of boats toward Italy. Libyan…
An airlift is under way to repatriate some 15,000 African migrants, who are being held in abusive detention conditions in Libya. The International Organization for Migration says it expects to complete the operation before the…
African and European leaders agreed to speed up efforts to repatriate thousands of migrants stranded in Libya, some in unspeakably brutal conditions. About 80 European Union and African Union heads of state ended two days…
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to bring back citizens who are stranded in Libya and other parts of the world by expanding the country’s socioeconomic programs. African and European leaders began high-level talks Wednesday…
WASHINGTON — The White House said on Saturday it had ordered that Iran, Venezuela, and four African nations be added to a U.S. list of countries accused of failing to crack down on human trafficking,…
CASTEL VOLTURNO, ITALY — Father Carlo Ladicicco, a 65-year-old Catholic priest could be enjoying retirement after 35-years as a missionary in a remote region of Peru. Instead, he is using his pension to subsidize his…
A Nigerian pastor charged with human trafficking, sexual assault and the rape of young girls will be re-applying for bail in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court, based on new facts. The Durban-based televangelist, who recently…
Police and aid groups say more than 60 percent of illegal prostitutes in Belgium are trafficked from Nigeria. Many are only teenagers and almost all come from Benin City, a city in the south of…