**2.1 Research questions**

RQ1: What is the nature of Modern-Day Slavery?

RQ2: What is the status of Africans in Modern-Day Slavery and elements of human trafficking?

RQ3: What are the Sources, Transit, or Destination Points of Slavery in Africa? RQ4: What are the Nature and Forms of Sexual Slavery and Reproductive Exploitation of Enslaved Women?

RQ5: What are the Procurement Methods of Slavery and Enslavement?

RQ6: Who are the Perpetrators of Human Trafficking, Migrant smuggling, and Human Enslavement?

RQ7: What are the existing International and Regional Tools on Human Trafficking? RQ8: What are the Gender Dimensions of Human Enslavement and Slave Trade? RQ9: What are the drivers of the Help-Seeking Behavior of the Enslaved?

RQ10: What are the Psychosocial Effects of Human Trafficking, Migrant Smuggling, and Enslavement?
