Slavery Abolition

A jury in a U.K. court on Thursday convicted a United Nations judge of forcing a young woman to work as a slave after tricking her into coming to the country. Prosecutors said Lydia Mugambe made the Ugandan woman work as her maid and provide childcare for free. Mugambe, who…

AFP 13 Mar, 2025 06:01 PM 2 mins to read United Nations judge Lydia Mugambe, 49, was found guilty at Oxford Crown Court of conspiring to break UK immigration law, facilitating travel with a view to exploitation, forcing someone to work, and conspiracy to intimidate a witness. Photo / UN…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised African leaders to break from all forms of colonialism and slavery for the continent to attain its greatness. Obasanjo stated this at a programme organised by the Centre For Human Security and Dialogue, held at Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, to mark his…

Kanye West went on another rant on Wednesday (Mar. 5), which included a message to Drake. Ye posted his seemingly random message to X/Twitter, where he recalled seeing a video of Drizzy floating around the internet. Overtaken by admiration for the Canadian artist, West, typed, “I saw a video of…

LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) - The number of potential modern slavery victims in Britain rose to a record last year, official statistics showed on Thursday, highlighting a growing crime that experts say requires the government to undertake urgent policy reforms...Read More

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that he has dropped ‘Matthew’ from his name, stating that he never fancied it. Speaking on Wednesday, Obasanjo emphasized the need for Africans to decolonize their names, describing it as a crucial step toward breaking free from the shackles of slavery, the slave trade,…

Politics / February 20, 2025 It’s not hyperbole to say that the White House is making slavery porn the hallmark of its immigration agenda. A screenshot from the White House’s video showing the deportation of an unidentified immigrant. (White House) After a month’s worth of vicious and empirically vacuous assaults…

Joint military operations between Russian instructors and the Central African Republic’s forces, the FACA (Forces Amees Centra Africaines) continue to bear fruit by liberating territories and citizens from the oppression The post Russian instructors, FACA Forces free six children from LRA slavery appeared first on The Nation Newspaper...Read More

Marietta, GA, February 18, 2025 --(PR.com)-- Language of Kings: Ashanti Communication – Before They Were Brought to the Americas The Before Slavery Experience is celebrating Black History Month with an engaging exhibit titled Language of the Kings at Marietta’s Theater on the Square. This exhibit, which is part of the Before…

Nearly all Bangladeshi migrants who leave areas hit hard by climate change to seek work in other parts of the country or overseas in Gulf States are subject to forms of forced labour, researchers have found. Workers who have lost their homes or livelihoods to intensifying climate impacts such as…