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Nigeria: Libyan Slave Trade - FG Identifies 2778 Nigerian Migrants
Vanguard, 6 December 2017
THE ordeal of Nigerians and other African nationals caught in the web of the new slave trade in Libya has continued to send shock waves across the world. There have been reports of… Read more »
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Africa: What Libya's 'Slave Auctions' Tell us About the Humanitarian System
IRIN, 6 December 2017
It's time to talk about race and racism Read more »
Outcry on Libya 'Slave Trade' - Why Now?
International organisations, politicians, and journalists have all reported the dire conditions facing African migrants in Libya from at least 2010. This new urgency can be attributed in part to the rise of new forms of organising for racial justice. Like the Black Lives Matter movement which has broadened the concerns of global racial solidarity not just in the U.S. where it was born, but also across other racially divided societies like South Africa and Brazil, writes Nanjala Nyabola for IRIN.
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African and European leaders have agreed to repatriate about 3,800 migrants in one camp near Tripoli as soon as possible but AU officials say there are as many as 42 camps across ... Read more »
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The initiative, supported by the Italian government, will facilitate the transfer of thousands of vulnerable refugees. Read more »
