Trafficking Risk in Sub-Saharan African Supply Chains

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Stack of patterned clothes

Apparel

Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, Eswatini, Uganda

A pile of harvested cocoa pods

Cocoa

Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Togo, Côte d’Ivoire

Harvested coffee beans

Coffee

Burundi, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda

A copper mine

Copper

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Namibia, Republic of the Congo, South Africa

Cotton growing in a field

Cotton

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Togo, Zambia

Small diamonds in a miner's hand

Diamonds

Angola, Botswana, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Lesotho, Liberia, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zimbabwe

A pile of fresh fish

Fish

Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia

A woman picking fresh flowers

Flowers

Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa

A market stall selling fresh fruit and sacks of nuts

Fruits and nuts

Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania

A worker sifting through a pile of gemstones

Gemstones other than diamonds

Gabon, Madagascar, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia

A dish holding small gold nuggets

Gold

Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Two young children with two small goats, in shallow water

Livestock

Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, Chad

A pool of fuel

Mineral fuels

Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Namibia, Niger, Republic of the Congo, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Chad

A worker holding fruit harvested from a palm

Palm oil

Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Niger, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda

A worker rolling out rubber

Rubber

Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone

A stack of harvested sugarcane

Sugar

Kenya, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Workers looking through mined material

Tantalum, tungsten, and tin

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda

A woman harvesting tea leaves

Tea

Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda

Rolled tobacco leaves

Tobacco

Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Crates of vanilla beans

Vanilla

Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Tanzania, Uganda

A worker in a field putting harvested potatoes into sacks

Vegetables

Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda

A stack of cut logs

Wood

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Eswatini, Uganda, Zambia

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