Day: July 16, 2023

Deadly Prison Riot In Honduras Highlights Struggle With Gang Violence

In the early morning local time on June 22nd, about 50km north-west of the capital of Tegucigalpa, a riot in a women’s prison in Tamara, Honduras led to at least 46 deaths. This is the deadliest tragedy in a female detention center in the region since 2017, The Guardian says,

Ylva Kopineck July 16, 2023

Rescuing Trafficked Ghanaian Children and Kidnapping Others

The International Justice Mission (IJM) works to rescue trafficked children and unite them with their families, yet some issues have been raised in relation to their recent work in West Africa. Last fall in Mogyinga, a tiny village in northern Ghana, four children were forcibly taken from their homes at

Kristina Swanson July 16, 2023