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Nigeria: 259 people freed from abusive Islamic institution

By DW
06 November 2019   |   10:23 am
The captives, women, and children amongst them, were "held as slaves and engaged in forced labor." Nearly 1,500 people have been rescued from abusive Islamic institutions since September.

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