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Africa: A Bewitching Economy - Witchcraft and Human Trafficking
ThinkAfricaPress, 17 September 2012
In parts of Africa, witchcraft is becoming increasingly linked to a modern form of slavery: human trafficking. Read more »
Witchcraft and Human Trafficking - a Bewitching Economy?
The bond between witchcraft and human trafficking is not spiritual but economic as cultural beliefs are being hijacked to lure those who live in abject poverty, writes Elizabeth Willmott Harrop for ThinkAfricaPress.
The International Labour Organisation has almost doubled its 2005 estimate, and revealed that there are 20.9 million victims of trafficking in the world with 3.7 million being in Africa.
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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and other Related Matters has called on all stakeholders to put in more effort at combating human trafficking. Read more »
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