Hundreds of migrants along North African migrant routes are being bought and sold openly in modern-day “slave markets” in Libya, survivors have told the United Nations migration agency, which warned that these reports “can be added to a long list of outrages” in the country. They described slave markets that torment hundreds of young African men bound for Libya. “Sub-Saharan migrants were being sold and bought by Libyans, with the support of Ghanaians and Nigerians who work for them,” IOM Niger staff reported. “The latest reports of ‘slave markets’ for migrants can be added to a long list of outrages in Libya,” said Mohammed Abdiker, IOM’s head of operation and emergencies. Their voices carry more weight than anyone else’s.”Violence continues to cripple the North African country following the Libyan revolution in 2011 and the overthrow of Muammar Gadaffi.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 12, 2017 09:00 UTC