Libya: France Calls UN Security Council Emergency Meeting Over Libya Slave-Trading

22 November 2017

France has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss slave-trading in Libya. It follows reports of Africans being auctioned at markets to North African buyers.

President Emmanuel Macron said via Twitter on Wednesday: "Trafficking in human beings is a crime against humanity."

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