Over 300 African children trafficked and sold into modern-day slavery.

By John Chola -18/06/09

Three hundred and thirty children from Africa have been trafficked to Britain over the past year.

The children are exploited as domestic slaves, forced to work for hours, cleaning, cooking and looking after other younger children, or put to work in restaurants and shops.

This is according to recent figures released by the Cameroon government’s child exploitation and online protection centre.

The Centre says a lot of African children are now being sold into modern-day slavery in Africa and European countries.

The Centre has also bemoaned the slack of access to clean water and the ravaging malaria, victims of HIV/AIDS, education, malnutrition and child labour which still continues haunt the African child inspite of sensitisations.

The centre says young girls who suffer from sexual abuse get pregnant and they end up committing abortion.

It says a lot more young African girls today give birth and abandon the children or throw them in dustbins or pit toilets.

And child rights activists in Cameroon have said the development and growth of children in Africa is faced with obstacles such as poverty.

They have lamented the ravaging HIV/AIDS, malaria, exploitation, negligence and abandonment of African children by family members.

The activists have urged African governments to act urgently to put in place policies and strategies to better the African child.

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