2016’s Most Heartbreaking Stories

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  • In Kuwait, African Women Are Being ‘Sold, Treated Like Slaves
  • Here, Face2face Africa takes an in-depth look at the crass treatment suffered by African women who are promised well-paid jobs in the Gulf states but are instead trafficked in to a life of servitude and enslavement at the hands of their Arab employers.

    The mistreatment of domestic help is apparently supported by the government, since there are no laws on the books to protect them from their employers. In addition, the archaic Kafala system of recruiting foreign domestic labor ties the residency status of workers to their employer, turning workers into illegal immigrants in the event they choose to flee the harsh treatment.

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    Mark Babatunde

    Mark Babatunde is a believer in the wonders of rice and beans. Quite thin and very nervous, he likes to laugh out loud in his high pitched voice just to enrage his nice neighbors. He has a bucket list that includes jet skiing from Lagos to London. He is also a wannabe nudist, a civil engineer and the biggest fan of the Simpsons.

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