As more and more Nigerians are being returned from Libya after the much-criticised slave auctions, some of the returnees, who expressed delight that they were back, said there were being sold by their fellow countrymen. As reported by Punch, one of them, Odion Saliu, 26, a hairdresser from Edo, said she was kidnapped and handed... Read More

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November 30, 2017

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CSOs protest slave auctions at Libyan embassy

Some Civil Society Organisations on Thursday stormed the Libyan Embassy in Abuja to protest the reported slave trade of Africans in Libya. What happened: CNN had reported that Africans, most especially Nigerians are being auctioned in Libya for as low as $400. What is happening: Convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju said it was shocking that slave trade... Read More

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November 30, 2017

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What is happening across North Africa is unacceptable | Says ECOWAS on slave auctions

The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Marcel Alain de Souza said it would not take lightly the maltreatment of its citizens across countries in Northern Africa. He said this while presenting the Status Report on the State of the Community to the Second Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja.... Read More

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