Angus Thomas

Angus Thomas is the founder of the Hope Education Project and Stop Trafficking Africa, working in Ghana to combat human trafficking, support girls education, and empower vulnerable communities.

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Coprophilic Exploitation in Trafficking: A Critical Gap in the Academic Literature

Coprophilic Exploitation in Trafficking Contexts: A Critical Gap in the Academic Literature This post accompanies the Hope Education Project’s lived experience reporting on porta potty exploitation among Nigerian women trafficked to the UAE. It examines the state of the academic literature and the specific scholarly gap that survivor testimony from our ongoing research study is …

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Porta Potty Nigeria: Survivor Testimony from the UAE

What Is Porta Potty? Understanding the Term in a Nigerian Context This page presents porta potty Nigeria survivor testimony collected as part of an ongoing Hope Education Project study. This page presents lived experience testimony collected as part of an ongoing qualitative research study by the Hope Education Project. All interviews were conducted under informed …

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A female Burkinabe refugee farmer at Tarikom, Ghana. ©UNHCR/Sulaiman Momodu

Displacement and Trafficking Risk in Northern Ghana

What’s happening in Northern Ghana – and why it matters for trafficking prevention The displacement picture in Northern Ghana is more complex than a single UNHCR dashboard can capture, and that complexity matters directly for HEP’s work. The February 2026 UNHCR statistics record 32,464 forcibly displaced persons registered in Ghana, with the vast majority concentrated …

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Transhumance Corridors and Trafficking Risk in Northern Ghana​

Transhumance Corridors and Trafficking Risk in Northern Ghana​ IOM published a new report this month. It maps 17 transhumance corridors running from Burkina Faso into northern Ghana – the seasonal routes that Fulani and other pastoralist communities use to move their herds south in search of grazing and water.It is solid baseline work. Corridors, water …

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The Hope Education Project is looking for volunteers.

Volunteer with Hope Education Project UK | Two Roles Open

Hope Education Project UK has two remote volunteer roles open on Reach Volunteering. We are looking for a Chair of Trustees to lead our governance and strategic direction, and a Social Media Strategy Lead to shape how we communicate our anti-trafficking and girls’ education work in Ghana. Both roles are flexible, values-driven, and open now. Find out more and apply today.

QNet in Ghana: BBC Investigation, EOCO Raids, and Avoiding the Scam

QNet in Ghana: The Promise, The Reality, and The New BBC Investigation For years, the name “QNet” has sparked heated debate across West Africa. To some, it is presented as a life-changing business opportunity; to others, it is synonymous with sophisticated fraud. This week, a new BBC Africa Eye documentary has brought the issue back …

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Illicit Economies and Instability: Illicit Hub Mapping in West Africa 2025

From Illicit Hubs to Exploitation: Organized Crime in Northern Ghana Fuels Trafficking Vulnerability​

From Illicit Hubs to Exploitation: Organized Crime in Northern Ghana Fuels Trafficking Vulnerability The Illicit Hub Mapping in West Africa 2025 report by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) this week validates our choice of Tamale for the pilot program. The city lies in a high-risk corridor where organized crime and illicit economies …

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Children presenting anti-trafficking plays to the community in Tamale, Ghana

Child-Centred Prevention and Filling the Data Gaps in Ghana

Child-Centred Prevention and Filling the Data Gaps in Ghana   Children’s Voices Expose Hidden Risks In Northern Ghana, children themselves are showing us where protection systems fall short. In our pilot program in Tamale, junior high school students and out-of-school girls used theatre, storytelling, and role play to surface risks in their own words. One …

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Death in Dubai #DubaiPortaPotty a new investigation from BBC Eye

Behind the Hashtag: BBC Investigation Reveals Deaths Behind #DubaiPortaPotty

Behind the Hashtag: BBC Investigation Reveals Deaths Behind #DubaiPortaPotty This week, BBC News Africa and Thread Studios released a powerful investigation by journalist Runako Celina that exposes a human trafficking network operating between Uganda and Dubai. The documentary, Death in Dubai: #DubaiPortaPotty reveals the tragic stories of Monic Kurunji and Kayla Bunji, two young Ugandan …

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