The Baby Trade - Afriques en Lutte
Kenya — In this country of widespread poverty, one of the most lucrative businesses is also one of the most heartbreaking : baby trafficking. (...)
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Kenya — In this country of widespread poverty, one of the most lucrative businesses is also one of the most heartbreaking : baby trafficking. (...)
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BBC News By Joel Gunter image captionAdama has returned to live in her village. "Life has been so hard," she said. Last month, BBC Africa Eye exposed a thriving black-market trade in babies in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Police arrested seven people on trafficking charges in response to the story, but what about the women on the other side of these illegal deals? What drives a mother to sell her child? Adama's life was easy when she had her parents, she said. Money was tight, and her options were already narrow, but there was an order to things that made sense. She attended school and cheris...