Mali: UN Warns Child Labour, Trafficking On the Rise in Troubled Mali

Dakar — United Nations says thousands of children have fallen prey to traffickers during the coronavirus pandemic

More children have been trafficked, forced to work in gold mines and to fight as soldiers in Mali this year as conflict worsened and COVID-19 shut schools, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

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