Day: February 13, 2013
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Under Pressure, Sudan Admits Its Human Trafficking Problem
Last month, Sudan’s Minister of State, Mebrouk Selim Mubarek, declared that human traffickers are active in Eastern Sudan and they number in the hundreds. That was the first time a Sudanese official openly acknowledged that it has become a hub for human traffickers. Mebrouk, who owes his position to Eritrean strongman Isaias Afwerki, is himself…