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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery Republic
of Angola [ Country-by-Country
Reports ] The Angola is a source country for a
small but significant number of women and children trafficked for the
purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. Angolan women and girls are
trafficked within the country for domestic servitude and commercial sexual
exploitation, while young men are trafficked internally for agricultural or
unskilled labor. Anecdotal reports point to South Africa, the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (D.R.C.), Namibia, and Portugal as the primary
destination points for Angolans who are trafficked transnationally.
Government officials report that trafficking is on the rise as more border
posts open with neighboring countries. Small numbers of young Angolan men are
trafficked through Zambia into debt-bonded agricultural work in Namibia.
Congolese children are trafficked to Angola. International organizations
describe conflicting anecdotal reports that children were trafficked into the
country to work in diamond mines, but were unable to confirm or deny the
reports. - U.S. State Dept Trafficking in
Persons Report, June, 2008 [full country report] |
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in Angola tortured as witches Last month Helena was accused by her
parents of sickening two of her nieces with evil spells. In retaliation, the
bewildered girl says, one of her small hands was burned on a red-hot stove.
Her meager possessions, including her clothes, were torched. She was choked.
And finally, to destroy her reputation in the community, she was beaten in
front of a large crowd. Her mother and elder sisters administered these
punishments. In Uige, a sleepy hill town near
the Congo border, children's advocates said that a teenager accused of
sorcery was set ablaze by a mob that included his own relatives. Another boy
was buried alive, beneath the corpse of a man he allegedly hexed, rights
workers said. The luckier children are merely banished from their homes. They
roam the streets like pariah dogs, surviving hand-to-mouth off food scraps
from the markets. ***
ARCHIVES *** U.S.
Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Child trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation, pornography,
forced labor, sexual slavery, and other forms of exploitation are reported to
exist in the country. CURRENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - In 2004, the Government of Angola concluded its national
child registration campaign, which has documented 3.8 million children under the
age of 18 years since August 2002. By
providing children with accurate, official age documentation, the government
worked to stem the recruitment of underage children by traffickers, and
ensure underage children were not admitted to the military.[196] In addition, 45,000 orphans or
children living alone were reintegrated into family living situations. Bur of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS – The constitution and law
prohibit slavery; however, there are no specific laws against trafficking in
persons. There were unconfirmed reports that persons were trafficked from and
within the country. The extent of trafficking in
persons was unknown, but was not believed to be significant. During the year
there were unconfirmed reports that a small number of children were
trafficked out of the country to South Africa or Namibia. Homeless and
orphaned children were most vulnerable to trafficking. Methods used by traffickers to
obtain and transport victims were unknown. The small number of traffickers
working in the country was not thought to be organized. The government operated facilities
throughout the country for abandoned and abducted children; however, in many
cases the facilities were underfunded, understaffed, and overcrowded. A
Catholic-affiliated center in Namacumbe, near the Namibian border, assisted
victims of trafficking to find and reintegrate with their families. The government provided basic
assistance to trafficking victims on an ad hoc basis, especially in the
capital. Local social welfare agencies provided basic necessities. This type
of program did not exist outside of Luanda, nor did the government operate
shelters specifically for trafficking victims. The government attempted to
monitor its borders, but lacked resources to do so effectively. Efforts by
UNICEF, supported by the government, strengthened immigration controls at
airports and border checkpoints. Immigration services at the international
airport in Luanda were more effective than provincial border posts and
required proper documentation for children seeking to fly internationally. In
July the government signed a joint Economic Community of West African States
and Economic Community of Central African States counter-trafficking accord. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2004 [66] The Committee is concerned
about the extent of the problem of sexual exploitation of and trafficking in
children in the State party and notes that internally displaced and street
children are particularly vulnerable to such abuse. Freedom
House Country Report - Political Rights: 6 Civil Liberties: 5 Status: Not Free Human Rights Overview by Human
Rights Watch – Defending Human Rights Worldwide U.S.
Library of Congress - Country Study TRANSITIONING CHILDREN OUT OF WAR - In Angola, a peace agreement
was reached in April of 2002, but child soldiers were excluded from formal demobilization
programs and, at this writing, no special rehabilitation services had been
set up for an estimated 7,000-11,000 children who served with UNITA or
government forces. Children
in Angola tortured as witches Last month Helena was accused by
her parents of sickening two of her nieces with evil spells. In retaliation,
the bewildered girl says, one of her small hands was burned on a red-hot
stove. Her meager possessions, including her clothes, were torched. She was
choked. And finally, to destroy her reputation in the community, she was
beaten in front of a large crowd. Her mother and elder sisters administered
these punishments. In Uige, a sleepy hill town near
the Congo border, children's advocates said that a teenager accused of
sorcery was set ablaze by a mob that included his own relatives. Another boy
was buried alive, beneath the corpse of a man he allegedly hexed, rights
workers said. The luckier children are merely banished from their homes. They
roam the streets like pariah dogs, surviving hand-to-mouth off food scraps
from the markets. All material used herein
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