Outrage against Libya slave trade
29 November 2017 |
2:52 pm
There has been a global outrage against the slave trade in Libya after a CNN report exposed the evil act a few days back. The International Organization for Migration has confirmed that Africans trying to reach Europe were being sold by their captors in "slave markets" in Libya.
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