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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Oct 28

    "I will not stand and watch this ****. There's no slavery anymore. We're not animals." Foreign maids in the Middle East are often legally bound to their employer and have limited rights. Despite stories of abuse, many women from Kenya and Ghana still go there for the work.pic.twitter.com/Dyi6t7sl3n

    Foreign maids on 'hell' of kafala jobs in Middle East
    This week’s Africa Eye, “Maid in Hell” is part of the “Why Slavery?” series from THE WHY.
    4:54 AM - 28 Oct 2018
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    • 1,177 Likes
    • Miebaka Worika Hally wanjikuwaweru Dumininu Vhonani Ledzokuku Municipal Assembly Moore270 Nicola Chanamuto M✴L
    120 replies 1,568 retweets 1,177 likes
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      2. Richard Takyi‏ @takyir Oct 28
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        African governments must work hard at creating more opportunities for their citizens so that these inhumane activities does not happen.

        2 replies 4 retweets 34 likes
      3. Vhonani‏ @VhonaniKarlsson Oct 28
        Replying to @takyir @BBCAfrica

        Europe and America have to get their grip off Africa. While we are still on it, they have to return all that they stole from Africa. Recompense. European and American countries do not have (many) Gold and Diamond mines yet they are owners of African mines. How come?

        3 replies 4 retweets 13 likes
      4. Snowden‏ @spine_ta Oct 28
        Replying to @VhonaniKarlsson @takyir @BBCAfrica

        We can't keep on blaming the west while overlooking the incompetence of African leadership, corruption, overpopulation--mostly uneducated +unemployed-- therefore little or zero contribution to the economy... Let's start by fixing these problems within.

        4 replies 10 retweets 31 likes
      5. Abdikarim Ali‏ @abdikarimtweet Oct 29
        Replying to @spine_ta @VhonaniKarlsson and

        We do worse to each other in Africa.

        2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      6. Vhonani‏ @VhonaniKarlsson Oct 29
        Replying to @abdikarimtweet @spine_ta and

        What happened 2 uBuntu! When did we lose that? Can’t we go back 2 da time b4 individuality. It’s not in our heritage 2 b selfish. Hence being destroyed by adopting Westerns’ mentality. They come 2 steal, kill & destroy. We go around 🏔, they 💣 💥4 road. Then cry #ClimateChange

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      7. Pyotr Clinton‏ @PyotyC Oct 29
        Replying to @VhonaniKarlsson @abdikarimtweet and

        @yourdocdoc @weekatdom here I would like to understand? Problem number one I live in south Africa but I know more about Scotland that on this particulary subject @Vhnonanikarsson I am not trying to be clever I really do not understand the Issue Pls can you make it clear for us?pic.twitter.com/ZIBP1kXVW1

        Indy McBot Scotland, Pyotr Clinton and The Total Outsider
        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      8. Vhonani‏ @VhonaniKarlsson Oct 30
        Replying to @PyotyC @abdikarimtweet and

        That is the problem! That you know more about Scotland. Get back to me when you know more about South Africa where you live. And you are right, you are not trying to be clever but ignorant.

        3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      9. The Total Outsider‏ @outsider_total Oct 30
        Replying to @VhonaniKarlsson @PyotyC and

        @weekatdom @yourdocdoc @PyotyC @afriforum Ignorance is lack of info What stops most of us is being scared to say 'I don't know"!! In my case I have 350years of SA knowledge -family history+ true info not castrated ANC rewrite PC rubbish. Your answer shows your true self.pic.twitter.com/rFU0XTkham

        0 replies 2 retweets 3 likes
      10. End of conversation
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      2. BrutalHonest  🇰🇪  🇳🇬  🇸🇸  🇺🇬  🇿🇦‏ @BrutalHonest3 Oct 28
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        This is the most inhuman thing I see in the modern world. Arabs must be out of their minds. They dont treat their household workers like people and this women are subjected to many inhuman things. I propose that the consulates of Kenya and Ghana should have a mechanism to check.

        3 replies 7 retweets 36 likes
      3. Bubba Rogowski‏ @RogowskiBubba Oct 28
        Replying to @BrutalHonest3 @S_crony112 @BBCAfrica

        If Africa was not plundered by multinationals, life would be better for Africans in Africa. The New Colonialism: Britain's scramble for Africa's energy and mineral resourceshttps://waronwant.org/resources/new-colonialism-britains-scramble-africas-energy-and-mineral-resources …

        1 reply 3 retweets 9 likes
      4. Seif Mohamed 🇹z‏ @S_crony112 Oct 28
        Replying to @RogowskiBubba @BrutalHonest3 @BBCAfrica

        I may have to differ a little from this... almost all African was free by late 1970's. Africa is still very rich on natural resources and geographical,but with kind of politics that govern mostly African countries it's undoubtedly that she remains poor.

        3 replies 4 retweets 7 likes
      5. BrutalHonest  🇰🇪  🇳🇬  🇸🇸  🇺🇬  🇿🇦‏ @BrutalHonest3 Oct 28
        Replying to @S_crony112 @RogowskiBubba @BBCAfrica

        Its poor governance manipulated by the west. I mean look a Kenya. The president was elected for us by equipment from france. He is now forced to buy his authenticity by giving generous tenders to other western countries. Then China was funding his party. More mess.

        0 replies 2 retweets 4 likes
      6. End of conversation
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      2. Jackie‏ @Jackie_Arkle Oct 28
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I blame @ImmigrationDept for not doing enough to protect Kenyan ladies who go to the Middle East. I think our airports need to televise these incidents to prevent young girls from heading to the M.E if Immigration are unable to stop it.

        1 reply 7 retweets 19 likes
      3. Nick‏ @therealgakio Oct 29
        Replying to @Jackie_Arkle @androzipa and

        Failed leadership in Africa is to blame, you never seen a boat full of migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea ? People risk it all including their very own lives . Poverty is dehumanizing and the irony is there is enough for everyone in Africa .

        1 reply 4 retweets 10 likes
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      2. Mandela Onchwati  🇰🇪 🇿🇦‏ @mandelaonchwati Oct 29
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Afrikans we have enough land than we need, we change the leadership

        2 replies 5 retweets 7 likes
      3. Edna Chepkurui‏ @lovethispace Oct 29
        Replying to @mandelaonchwati @BBCAfrica

        We need to stop feeding and slaving for the world. Our resources including money are hounded to foreign lands for nothing, trade agreements drawn against us leaving no options but to think the grass is greener in the grabbers' lands. They enjoy slavery only that it can't be open

        0 replies 3 retweets 10 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. ❀ Lisa ❀‏ @HaikuFlower Oct 28
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @Jamaipanese

        This happens to the Southeast Asian women as well. They leave for the opportunity to make money in wealthier countries so they can support their beloved families. But they are then abused, raped and murdered. They need opportunities at home. Women need to be safe.

        2 replies 7 retweets 15 likes
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      1. Anthonio Kekeocha.‏ @AnthonioC_ Oct 28
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        This is despicable. Middle East has for long been associated with loads of Human Rights violations. Time to speak up. Time to act. They are strategically enslaving Africans again. So sad we are the ones going to them. Africa needs to stop all these shady treaty with them.

        0 replies 3 retweets 11 likes
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