Weather-induced disasters that are the result of climate change are increasingly affecting societies. One area that hasn't ...

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 ...

The idea of slavery in modern times is a foreign concept for most Westerners. Of course, the Black Lives Matter movement was ...

In East Africa a slave trade was well established before ... soldiers in the Omani army and workers on the salt pans of Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). Many people were domestic slaves, working in ...

Map showing the environmental sampling locations focused on filling gaps in West Africa, West-Central Africa, and parts of ...

The campaign, which begins on Feb. 8, the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, is designated for prayer and awareness of human ...

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 ...

Slavery had a long history in the ancient world and was practiced in Ancient Egypt and Greece, as well as Rome. Most slaves during the Roman Empire were foreigners and, unlike in modern times ...

A new study by researchers at the consumer genetics company 23andMe has paired tens of thousands of genetic profiles with detailed historical records to trace the ancestry of modern-day African ...

UK's Tougher Immigration Policy Risks Trapping Victims in Modern Slavery By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of victims of modern slavery are being denied support because of Britain's ...

In 2023, the Home Office – Britain's interior ministry - identified around 17,000 people as potential victims of modern slavery, and a further 13,587 in the first nine months of last year. The ...