Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s independent human rights expert countering violence against women and girls called on Friday for prostitution to be recognised unambiguously as a “system of violence, exploitation and abuse” Full text...

Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has welcomed the verdict and sentencing of Bai Lowe, a former death squad member under ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh, to life imprisonment for his role in the murder of journalist Deyda Hydara Full text...

Athens-Greece (PANA)   -  A 40-year-old Greek-Nigerian woman arrested in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Wednesday is seen as one of the key figures in a human trafficking racket in Italy forcing dozens of girls from the West African country into prostitution Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Twenty thousand young Nigerian women, hoping to reach Asia, found themselves in Mali's small-scale gold mines where they were forced into prostitution, the Malian press reporte Tuesday, adding that the Nigerian Agency to Combat Human Trafficking has deplored the situation Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) – Two Nigerian sisters will stand trial on Wednesday next week before the court of Troyes, eastern France, for their alleged involvement in establishing a prostitution ring in the country, their lawyer Mr Philippe Missamou, said on Thursday in Paris Full text...