Alpha Kamara
Alpha Kamara is a freelance journalist working in West Africa based in Senegal.
Senegal tried to crack down on schools forcing children to beg. But thousands of kids are still in the streets.
Somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 children are forced to beg on the streets of Senegal. The money they collect goes to their Quranic instructors in exchange for teaching, food and housing. Rights activists say it’s a form of modern slavery. But some in Senegal say it’s just tradition.
