Nigeria leads in Africa and ranks eighth in the world with an estimated 875,500 modern slaves followed by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which ranks ninth in the world with an estimated 873,100 enslaved people.

These are findings of the Global Slavery Index 2016 Report published on Tuesday by the Walk Free Foundation, an NGO focused on ending modern slavery in the world.

The 2016 Index ranked 167 countries based on the proportion of the population that is estimated to be in some form of slavery, and it found out that 45.8 million estimated people were enslaved, a 28% increase from the previous 2014 estimates.

Early marriage remained a significant problem in the region with UNICEF predicting that half of the world's child brides in 2050 will be African.

Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for an estimated 6,245,800 people, approximately 13.6% of the world’s total enslaved population with an average government response of 28.2%.

According to the report, slavery in sub-Saharan Africa takes the form of forced labour and forced marriage. “Early marriage remained a significant problem in the region with UNICEF predicting that half of the world’s child brides in 2050 will be African,” it added.

Nigeria leads Africa in terms of estimated numbers due to its population (182,202,000); but in terms of estimated percentages, it ranks 23 in the world with 0.481%.

The DRC however leads Africa in percentages followed by Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Libya, Central African Republic, all with 1.130%, and then followed by Mauritania with 1.058%, a decrease from the 2014 Index.

Egypt ranks 11 in the world and third in Africa with an estimated 572,900 people in modern slavery followed by Sudan (454,700) and Ethiopia (411, 600).

“The top ten countries with the largest estimated absolute number of people in modern slavery account for 68% of people living in modern slavery,” the report said.

India has the largest estimated absolute number of people in modern slavery in the world with 18,354,700 followed by China (3,388,400), Pakistan (2,134,900), Bangladesh (1,531,300), Uzbekistan (1,236,600), North Korea (1,100,000), Russia (1,048,500), Nigeria and the DRC.

http://www.naijans.com/06/nigeria-drc-among-countries-with-highest-enslaved-people-in-the-world.html

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Are you serious?

Source. We know the slaves who dances to any nonsense their masters up north dishes out to them.
By their quotes we shall know them.

Yorubas and Hausas don enslave Ibos. When a man plays the conquered and the victim, you know he has been mentally enslaved.

Thanks to PDP, 16 years under their captivity no be shericakambia yet some children still want them to rule over us again.

Never again.

@ poster above me, modify your post before you get hammer for your head.

This is true!

Enslavement is very rampant here, truth be told.

People tends to use their advantages against the other.
The well-to-do ones enslave the less privilege ones.

This enslavement can be seen between bosses and their workers.
Between rulers and the ruled.
Between madams and their maids.
Even, some regions in the country sees themselves as being superior to other regions and as such enslave those other regions.

madridguy:
Thanks to PDP, 16 years under their captivity no be shericakambia yet some children still want them to rule over us again.

Never again.

@ poster above me, modify your post before you get hammer for your head.

u sabi read so, child marriage is part of their report oh......

Enslavement na enslavement

Godgay:
u sabi read so, child marriage is part of their report oh......

The country itself signifies a gigantic portion of slavery. A country with so much potentials yet, she cannot provide common basic amenities for her citizens and the courrupt leaders are treated like mini gods. That itself is slavery.

What?