Ethiopia’s migrants turn to sex work as pandemic sends them home
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThomson Reuters Foundation As an Ethiopian working as a maid in Dubai, life was far from easy for Yemisrach. But when the coronavirus pandemic struck, forcing her to return home and take up sex work, things got a whole lot worse. Hiding her bruised face behind dark glasses, Yemisrach said she had been […]
Rising hunger pushes Congo’s children into sex work and mines – charities
Thomson Reuters Foundation Hunger has doubled in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a year, with 15 million people in need of food aid, pushing children into sex work and mining, charities said on Tuesday. Many farmers are too scared to tend their fields in north-eastern Congo, where some of the worst fighting in years […]