Slavery was supposed to be abolished, yet millions are still trapped in forced labor across Africa today. From child labor in ...

Extreme weather events such as flooding, drought, wildfires, water scarcity and rise in sea levels driven by climate change ...

Church leaders across Africa voiced alarm at the scale of human trafficking across the continent on the International Day of ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Britain's Modern Slavery Act of 2015 forced large businesses to tackle slavery in their supply chains and strengthened ...

What is the Modern Slavery Act? The Modern Slavery Act is an Act of the Parliament of the UK. The Act received royal assent on 26 March 2015 and came into force on 29 October of the same year. It is ...

What should be done to stop modern slavery in Africa? First, governments must adopt and enforce strong laws that align with international standards. Such laws include the ILO Forced Labor ...

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 ...