Europe Is Shocked — Shocked — By Libya’s Slave MarketsIt was “scandalous,” “unacceptable,” and a “crime against humanity.” That was French President Emmanuel Macron’s description of the grainy video footage of a modern-day slave auction in Libya broadcast by CNN last month. European and African leaders echoed his sentiment at a summit in Burkina Faso in November, demanding an end to the auctions. Finally, it seemed, the plight of African migrants stranded in Libya was being recognized. But the feigned surprise of European and African leaders was, and still is, disingenuous. Yet European governments have been unmoved by the plight of African migrants during the more recent Mediterranean crisis.

Source: Libya Today December 27, 2017 12:00 UTC