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 ...

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 ...

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has denounced the persistence of modern-day slavery in Africa and beyond.He made these remarks during his keynote address at the United Nations General Assembly, ...

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka on Tuesday described the decade-long abduction of schoolgirls from Chibok town in Borno State, ...

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

The Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the Organization of American States, Archbishop Juan Antonio Cruz Serrano, calls for ...

Ten years ago this week the UK government passed the Modern Slavery Act, an innovative piece of legislation aimed at ...

It is 10 years since the UK introduced the Modern Slavery Act, allowing it to claim to be a world leader in the fight against ...

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 ...

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.