This is according to child rights organisation Terre des Hommes Netherlands, which says that trafficking cases were still reported in the region despite lockdowns. “Our partner organisations in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia all reported child trafficking cases during the lockdown. Together with local civil society organisations, the Dutch right group fights child trafficking and unsafe migration in known hotspots across East Africa. The group reckons that the Covid-19 crisis has caused and aggravated economic and social inequalities that are among the root causes of child trafficking. With schools not yet re-opened in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia, children in particular miss the protection of being in school.

Source: Daily Nation July 31, 2020 08:51 UTC