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When Merced Guimaraes found piles of human bones under the floor of her Rio de Janeiro house during a refurbishment, she thought she’d stumbled...
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As the rebel slave who defied his captors, Kunta Kinte, immortalised in print and on screen in “Roots”, put The Gambia on the map...
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African migrants trying to reach Europe are being sold into slavery in Libya, including for sex, for as little as $200, international monitors said...
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USA Today reports Carson’s eyebrow- and ire-raising comments came during a speech to department employees on Monday morning. “That’s what America is about, a...
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The Associated Press reports LePage took exception to comments by Lewis, who said Sunday on NBC “Meet The Press” he is boycotting Trump’s inauguration....
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Prosecutors at a Mauritanian appeal court have requested 13 anti-slavery activists have their sentences increased to 20 years each for protesting against a forced...
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French Prime Minister Manuel Valls issued an appeal on Sunday to overcome the legacy of slavery, dismissing claims for financial compensation while acknowledging the...
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Thirteen anti-slavery activists in Mauritania were sentenced to between three and 15 years in prison, despite criticism of the case against them by international...
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With a fine ceramic minaret, multicoloured walls and a great, carved wooden door, the Grand Mosque in Benin’s capital is a marvel of Afro-Brazilian...
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Romanian authorities remanded 38 people in custody on Thursday suspected of holding dozens of vulnerable young men and boys like slaves, chaining them up...