Associated Links
- Corruption in International Adoptions
- “Where do babies come from?” Interactive Map
- "The Lie We Love," Foreign Policy magazine, Nov./Dec. 2008
- "The Seamier Side of International Adoption,"
The New York Times Opinion Blog, May 10, 2009 - "The Orphan Trade: A look at families affected by corrupt international adoptions," Slate.com, May 8, 2009
- "The orphan manufacturing chain," The Washington Post, Jan. 11, 2009
- "Out of Cambodia," The Washington Post, Jan. 11, 2009
- "The problem with saving the world's 'orphans'," The Boston Globe, Dec. 11, 2008
- Resources for Learning More
- Resources for Parents
- Responses to
"The Lie We Love" - Debunking the Orphan Myth: Responses to Criticisms
- In Related News
The Myth of Supply—Problems in Countries Offering Children for Adoption:
- ALBANIA
- ARMENIA
- BELARUS
- CAMBODIA
- CHAD
- CHINA
- CONGO
- ETHIOPIA
- GUATEMALA
- HAITI
- HONDURAS
- INDIA
- INDONESIA
- KENYA
- LIBERIA
- MARSHALL ISLANDS
- MOZAMBIQUE
- NEPAL
- NIGERIA<<
- PARAGUAY
- PERU
- POLAND
- ROMANIA
- RUSSIA
- SAMOA
- UGANDA
- UKRAINE
- VIETNAM
Student Research Assistants' Contributions
Photo collage left:
From left: woman and child © Kelsey Leep
Men with baby
© Kelsey Leep
Street scene © MotherlandNigeria.com
Photo above: Lagos state © Nigeria.com
News Reports of Adoption
Irregularities in Nigeria
NOTE: This page from the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism website lists news articles that report on irregularities in international adoptions from Nigeria. For the systemic analysis of corruption in international adoptions, please read “The Lie We Love,” Foreign Policy magazine, Nov./Dec.2008 and visit ww.brandeis.edu/investigate.
“FG to clamp down on kidnappers,” November 2, 2008, Daily Trust.
“Police Raid Another 'Baby Factory',” Francis Ugwoke, October 7, 2008, This Day.
“FG Urged to Make Adoption Laws More Flexible,” Bamun Nii-Veror, October 3, 2008, The Leadership.
“NSCDC Rescues 30 Kids From Traffickers,” August 4, 2008, This Day.
“Infants for Sale?,” June 11, 2008, The Leadership.
“Wicked Grandma! 80-year old arrested for selling babies,” Chris Agbambu, Abuja, June 6, 2008, Nigerian Tribune.
“Child Trafficking-Babies,” Roland Ogbonnaya, January 6, 2008, This Day.
“Agony of a Mother in Adoption Palaver,” July 9, 2007, The Daily Champion.
“Orphanage: Keyamo challenges Lagos govt,” Abimbola Akosile and Faith Ayangbeso, March 12, 2005, This Day Online.
“A Painful Struggle over Nigeria’s Abandoned Children,” Brenda Wilson, February 18, 2006, Weekend Edition, NPR.
“Nigerian officials rescue more than 100 children from child traffickers,” UNICEF, March 9, 2005, Newsline.
“Orphanage of horror,” Rotimi Williams and Bamidele Adebayo, March 6, 2005, Sunday Punch.
“Nigeria: Sunset for Good Shepherd Orphanage,” Oghenekevwe Laba, March 1, 2005, This Day.
“Nigeria: Orphanage scam: Proprietress, 10 others for prosecution, Lagos bans centre,” February 28, 2005, Vanguard.
“IMO Govt Threatens to Deal With Employees Over Sale of Baby,” Chidi Nkwopara, July 29, 2003, The Vanguard.
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