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Mar
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Exposed: Ghana sexual abuse scandal

Exposed: Ghana sexual abuse scandal

NEWS
EMMA FARGE and ALESSANDRA PRENTICE EXECUTIVES of a Ghanaian organisation supporting people living with HIV and AIDS demanded sex acts and money in exchange for access to benefits, the Global Fund said in an investigation into the group it funded. The 18-page report entitled "Misconduct affecting Global Fund grants" details how representatives of the Ghana Network Association of People Living with HIV (NAP+) "abused their positions of power and fostered a culture of sexual and financial exploitation". Neither the allegations nor the findings have previously been made public. "Multiple NAP+ executives demanded that program members engage in sexual conduct or…
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Nov
11
2020
By The African Mirror
Ethiopian girls trapped in sex trade as COVID-19 deepens desperation

Ethiopian girls trapped in sex trade as COVID-19 deepens desperation

HUMAN RIGHTS
EMELINE WUILBERCQ WHEN Selam fled her village aged 11 to avoid being wed to a much older man in northern Ethiopia, she was relieved and excited to forge a future on her own terms. But that hope was short-lived. Selam has spent the past three years in the sex trade in the northern city of Gondar, where officials and campaigners estimate hundreds of girls are victims of sexual exploitation and fear numbers are rising due to the coronavirus pandemic. Having dropped out of school at 11 and unable to afford to return home, Selam said she saw no way out…
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Oct
10
2020
By The African Mirror
Congo to investigate ‘jobs-for-sex’ accusations during Ebola outbreak

Congo to investigate ‘jobs-for-sex’ accusations during Ebola outbreak

NEWS
NELLIE PEYTON  DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo will investigate accusations of sexual exploitation and abuse by aid workers that were uncovered by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and The New Humanitarian, the country's health minister has announced. Five U.N. agencies and international NGOs have also launched inquiries after 51 women accused mainly foreign aid workers of demanding sex in exchange for jobs during the 2018-2020 Ebola crisis. "We are sending a team next week to investigate," Congo's health minister, Eteni Longondo, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "The aim is to know the truth and understand exactly what happened, and then we can…
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