Nigeria convicts family of sex traffickers with rare jail sentence

Convicted traffickers are often fined but spared jail sentences by Nigerian courts, officials say

'Double burden' for Ethiopian migrants stranded as conflict rages in Tigray

Returnees stuck in Addis Ababa as roads closed and phone connected suspended

Kenya makes hospital arrests as it probes child trafficking ring

Kenyan child trafficking syndicates - from street clinics to a government-run hospital - were stealing babies from vulnerable mothers to be sold for as little as $400

Costa Rica backs U.N. treaty to combat forced labor

Central American nation becomes 47th country to ratify United Nations pact as it nears target of 50 signatories

Malaysia lets undocumented migrants work but hardship fears persist

Migrants who work in Malaysia's 'dirty, dangerous, difficult' sectors are vulnerable to abuses and often victims of trafficking

Senegalese youth decry illegal migration after surge in deaths at sea

Young people said unemployment is one of the main causes behind a surge in migration attempts to Europe

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Ghana denies claims child labour is rising in its cocoa sector

Ghana's cocoa regulator said cocoa and chocolate companies in West Africa were thwarting government attempts to combat farmer poverty

U.S. blacklists two companies over exportation of forced labor from North Korea

The United States warned the two companies to send any workers from North Korea home

Malaysia's Top Glove shares slump after new movement curbs at worker dorms

The measures are intended to enable targeted coronavirus screenings on workers and residents as infections rise

Mexico president moves against subcontracting, aiming to end labor abuses

President Lopez Obrador said he was submitting a bill that would sharply limit companies’ ability to subcontract labor in Mexico