United States has expressed its concern about arbitrary detention and abuse of sub-Saharan African migrants and refugees in Libya, and said it was working with international partners to facilitate safe passage for foreign nationals that wish to leave the country.
Over 200 Nigerians are believed to be among hundreds of other sub-Saharan Africans that are being held in various detention cells by fighters of Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) on suspicion of working as mercenaries for Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader who has gone underground since the capital, Tripoli, fell into rebel hands.
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