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Rallying for Urgent Action: Free the Slaves Convenes Strategic Meeting in Dakar

Rallying for Urgent Action: Free the Slaves Convenes Strategic Meeting in Dakar

by Issa Saka | Nov 3, 2025 | Advocacy, Home Page, Senegal

On October 22, Free the Slaves convened a high-level meeting in Dakar to address the urgent crisis of sexual exploitation affecting hundreds of girls and women in the gold mining zones of Kédougou. The meeting brought together Senegalese authorities, international...
Building Futures in Akure: Survivors Turn Courage into Opportunity

Building Futures in Akure: Survivors Turn Courage into Opportunity

by Issa Saka | Oct 6, 2025 | Senegal

On a warm September afternoon in Akure, the lobby of the A&T Presidential Hotel filled with quiet anticipation. Seventeen survivors—most of whom had returned to Nigeria from Senegal in June—arrived with notebooks, questions, and a determination you could feel in...

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