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“I Was Sold for $300″: Human Trafficking Continues to Escalate in Africa, by Ngala Killian Chimtom – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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School children in Lagos, Nigeria, in a 2016 photo. (Image: Doug Linstedt / Unsplash.com)

By Ngala Killian Chimtom, Catholic World Report, February 8, 2026

Ngala Killian Chimtom is a Cameroonian journalist with eleven years of working experience. He currently work as a reporter and news anchor person for the Cameroon Radio Television, (both radio and television). Chimtom is also a stringer for a number of news organizations, including IPS, Ooskanews, Free Speech Radio News, Christian Science Monitor, CAJNews Africa; CAJNews, CNN.com and Dpa.

The data suggest that children make up more than half of all trafficking victims on the African continent, subjected to horrific abuse, including sexual exploitation and forced labor.

As Catholics mark the Feast of St. Josephine Bakhita on February 8, harrowing testimonies from survivors of human trafficking across Africa are shedding light on the horrendous treatment they endure.

John, a mechanic from Nigeria, is one such survivor. He recalls being trafficked to Libya in 2015 after being promised a good-paying job that would generate the income he needed to eventually migrate to Europe.

“When I got to Libya, I discovered it was all a lie,” he told CWR.

“Terrible things were done to us in that place,” he said, revealing scars on his body as proof. “Eventually, I was sold out for $300 to go and work in a mine.” …

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“I Was Sold for $300″: Human Trafficking Continues to Escalate in Africa, by Ngala Killian Chimtom

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By Ngala Killian Chimtom, Catholic World Report, February 8, 2026

The data suggest that children make up more than half of all trafficking victims on the African continent, subjected to horrific abuse, including sexual exploitation and forced labor.

As Catholics mark the Feast of St. Josephine Bakhita on February 8, harrowing testimonies from survivors of human trafficking across Africa are shedding light on the horrendous treatment they endure.

John, a mechanic from Nigeria, is one such survivor. He recalls being trafficked to Libya in 2015 after being promised a good-paying job that would generate the income he needed to eventually migrate to Europe.

“When I got to Libya, I discovered it was all a lie,” he told CWR.

“Terrible things were done to us in that place,” he said, revealing scars on his body as proof. “Eventually, I was sold out for $300 to go and work in a mine.” …

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