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Spine Chilling Revelations From Ghanaian Returnees

The Ghanaian migrants who just returned from detention in Libya have narrated several shocking and excruciating...

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127 Ghanaian Migrants Arrive From Libya

Up to hundred and twenty-seven (127) Ghanaian migrants arrived Ghana on the night of Wednesday, November 29 from Libya....

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Truth About Ghanaian Migrants Allegedly Sold Into Slavery

Libya Slave Trade – Responding to the massive calls for government intervention in the slavery crisis in Libya,...

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Senegal Crackdown Fails To Improve Lot of Child Beggars

Dawn has barely broken as three of Senegal's estimated 50,000 child beggars dart through the capital's streets, hoping...

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Activists Criticise Senegal’s Slow Progress On Child Begging

Human rights groups in Senegal on Tuesday criticised what it said is an ineffectual crackdown on child begging driven...

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Ivorian Rural Hamlet Marks Role In Slave Trade

The hamlet of Kanga Gnianze is absent from many maps of Ivory Coast, but the rural community attracted stars and...

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Brazilian Port Where Slaves Arrived Close To UNESCO Status

The worn paving stones discovered under a thick layer of modern concrete in Rio de Janeiro don't look like much at...

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The Slavery and Killing of Vulnerable African Ladies In the Arab World Must Stop

The slavery and killing of vulnerable African ladies in the Arab world must stop Authorities must act swiftly to save...

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Govt Urged To Be Sensitive To Issues of Modern Slavery Like ‘galamsey’

Engage Now Africa (ENA), an international NGO committed to ending poverty in Africa has lauded government’s...

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Pakistan Tackles ‘child Slavery’ With Cash Handouts

A government cash-incentive scheme has helped place almost 90,000 underage Pakistani brick kiln workers into school,...

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Salaga Slave Market Turned Into Lorry Station

Between the 18th and 19th centuries, Salaga became the biggest slave market in the sub-region One of the important...

International

Hollande Announces Slavery Memorial In Last Speech As President

In his likely final speech as president, François Hollande called on France to fight hate speech and announced a new...

Entertainment

Panafest 2017 Launched In Accra

The 2017 Pan-African Historical Theatre Festival (PANAFEST) and Emancipation Day has been launched with a call on...

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Africa Must Tell Its Story – Fmr. Tanzanian President

Former Tanzanian President Benjamin William Mkapa has called for the deliberate effort at changing the African...

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African Migrants Seeking Europe Sold As ‘slaves’ For $200

African migrants trying to reach Europe are being sold into slavery in Libya, including for sex, for as little as $200,...

Top Stories

Ghanaian Writer Yaa Gyasi Bags $1 Million For Debut Novel

Ghanaian-American novelist Yaa Gyasi is poised to make a huge splash in the literary world with her debut historical...

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Slave-Trade Arab Mentality Towards Blacks Still Lingers

A lecturer of the University of Cape Coast Kwame Osei Kwarteng (Phd) says the man of Lebanese extraction who assaulted...

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Marwako Saga ‘like Slavery’

The incident where a female Ghanaian kitchen staffer’s face was dipped into a paste of pepper by Jihad Chaaban, her...

International

Trump Cabinet Member Ben Carson Calls Slaves ‘immigrants’ In Speech

Ben Carson appeared to liken slaves to immigrants who choose to come to the United States while addressing employees at...