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Boss of degrading sex-trade ring in Dubai’s glamour districts unmasked by BBC
A man running a sex ring operating out of Dubai’s most glamorous neighbourhoods, and exploiting vulnerable women, has been identified by a BBC investigation. Charles Mwesigwa, who says he is a former London bus driver, told our undercover reporter he could provide women for a sex party at a starting price of $1,000 (£740), adding […]

Ghana agrees to accept West Africans deported from US
Ghana has become the latest country to accept people deported from the US as part of its campaign against undocumented migrants. President John Mahama said nationals from various West African countries would now be taken in following a bilateral agreement with the US. He said 14 had already arrived. He cited the regional bloc Ecowas’s […]

Jihadists ‘summarily executed’ 127 people in Niger, says rights group
Nearly 130 people have been “summarily executed” by Islamist insurgents in Niger in separate attacks since March, a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) says. The rights group says gunmen carried out a series of brutal attacks, including a mass murder at a mosque in the western Tillabéri region in June, where more than 70 […]

Chinese nationals jailed over kidnapping and forced labour in South Africa
Seven Chinese nationals who smuggled Malawians to South Africa and subjected them to forced labour have been handed 20-year prison terms each. The four men and three women were found guilty of human trafficking and kidnapping earlier this year by a South African court. Their sentence comes nearly six years after they were arrested when […]
