{"id":282641,"date":"2019-10-28T23:10:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T21:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=282641"},"modified":"2019-10-28T23:10:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T21:10:11","slug":"modern-day-child-slavery-uncovered-in-oshana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=282641","title":{"rendered":"Modern day child slavery uncovered in Oshana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ni\u00ebl Terblanch\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>A YOUNG 13-year-old Portuguese speaking girl, who was found walking alone along the road between Oshakati and Omungwelume a week ago, revealed that child slavery is still alive and well in the Oshana Region.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the report about the human trafficking incident provided by the Public Relations Division of the Namibian Police, the young girl&#8217;s harrowing tale came to light after she was discovered walking back to Angola on 22 October by a resident of the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The girl was taken to the Omungwelume Police Station shortly after she was found walking between the two towns. She was later taken to immigration officials at Oshikango.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/73027165_2540881852645426_4969922171070578688_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/73027165_2540881852645426_4969922171070578688_n.jpg 350w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/73027165_2540881852645426_4969922171070578688_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/73027165_2540881852645426_4969922171070578688_n-274x183.jpg 274w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/73027165_2540881852645426_4969922171070578688_n-80x54.jpg 80w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/73027165_2540881852645426_4969922171070578688_n-130x87.jpg 130w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/73027165_2540881852645426_4969922171070578688_n-359x240.jpg 359w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/73027165_2540881852645426_4969922171070578688_n-85x57.jpg 85w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/73027165_2540881852645426_4969922171070578688_n-546x365.jpg 546w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/73027165_2540881852645426_4969922171070578688_n-165x109.jpg 165w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/73027165_2540881852645426_4969922171070578688_n-112x75.jpg 112w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/73027165_2540881852645426_4969922171070578688_n-179x120.jpg 179w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/73027165_2540881852645426_4969922171070578688_n-170x113.jpg 170w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/73027165_2540881852645426_4969922171070578688_n-81x55.jpg 81w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/73027165_2540881852645426_4969922171070578688_n-765x510.jpg 765w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"js_2\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p>Only with the help of an interpreter was it discovered that the girl hails from Lobito in Angola. She told officials that her mother passed away earlier this year and that a woman she did not know at the time brought her from her home in Angola to Oshakati during July this year. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She told officials that she was forced to work in the woman\u2019s house as domestic worker without any remuneration.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the report the girl escaped from the woman\u2019s house and decided to walk back to her home in Angola and that is how she was found by the member of the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The young girl is currently in the care of the police in Oshikango while an investigation into the case of human trafficking was launched.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the report no arrest has been made yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":282643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-282641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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