{"id":378678,"date":"2017-11-29T13:04:57","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T13:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=378678"},"modified":"2017-11-29T13:32:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T13:32:15","slug":"slave-trade-in-libya-a-mockery-of-african-unity-nana-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/slave-trade-in-libya-a-mockery-of-african-unity-nana-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"Slave trade in Libya a mockery of African unity – Nana Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"
Reports of African migrants in Libya being sold into slavery and being subjected to other atrocities, make a mockery of African unity, President Akufo-Addo has said.<\/p>\n
Pictures of slave markets and gross abuse of black Africans are awash on social media after CNN uncovered the disturbing human trade in the once safe country that is now in tatters after the overthrow of\u00a0Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar Gaddafi.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”wjy3HyAUKQ9pXI7Kmq9VuORQE51jNodR”]The heartbreaking images also showed some migrants being tortured to death by individuals in Libyan military wears.<\/p>\n
There has been a wave of condemnations across Africa, especially due to the silence of the continent\u2019s leaders and groups like the AU and ECOWAS over the incident.<\/p>\n
In a statement on social media, President Akufo-Addo condemned the slave auctions, which were brought to light in a special report by CNN.<\/p>\n
Men from Niger and other sub-Saharan countries were seen being sold to buyers for about $400 in Libya.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe current slave auctions of Africans in Libya are not only gross and scandalous abuses of human rights, but are also mockeries of the alleged solidarity of African nations grouped in the African Union (AU), of which Libya is a member,\u201d President Akufo-Addo stated.<\/p>\n
Libyan authorities have already launched a formal investigation into slave auctions in the country, and the AU has expressed outrage at the slave trade reports.<\/p>\n