Mauritius, Lesotho and Botswana have the lowest prevalence of modern slavery in Africa. Research suggests that of these, some 3.8 million people toil in forced labor in Africa.

The last country to abolish slavery was the African state of Mauritania ... than ever and can generate high economic returns. Modern slavery is very cheap, and Kevin Bales has argued that this ...

In the UK, offenders convicted of modern slavery crimes face life imprisonment as the maximum penalty, particularly for ...

A Ugandan and United Nations judge was convicted in Britain on Thursday of forcing a young woman to work as a slave while she studied for a PhD at Oxford University.

Justice Mugambe, 49, also a High Court judge in Uganda, was found guilty of conspiring to facilitate the commission of a ...

Obasanjo has warned that Africa could return to slavery if it forgets the devastating impact of slave trade. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo warned that Africans might go back into slavery if they ...

The number of potential modern slavery victims in Britain rose to a record last year, official statistics showed on Thursday, ...

I’ve met many homeless British people who have been exploited. It seems to be addiction, more than homelessness, that puts ...

The number of potential victims of modern slavery reported in the UK reached record levels last year with over 19 000 cases ...

Modern slavery occurs in almost every country in ... (15.1 million), followed by Europe and Central Asia (4.1 million), Africa (3.8 million), the Americas (3.6 million) and the Arab States ...

Legal scholar Daniel Ogunniyi, who has done research in this field, speaks about the intersection of climate change and modern slavery in Africa. What is modern slavery and how serious is it in ...

Mauritius, Lesotho and Botswana have the lowest prevalence of modern slavery in Africa. Research suggests that of these, some 3.8 million people toil in forced labour in Africa.