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Nigerian singer protests against Libyan slave trade

The singer Charly Boy led Nigerian protesters to the Libyan embassy in Abuja earlier today in protest against slavery in Libya:

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PublishedThursday, November 30, 2017

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His organisation Our Mumu Don Do describes itself in its Twitter biography as the "coalition of all angry, vexed, and frustrated Nigerians".

He is quoted in Nigeria's Punch newspaper as saying: “It is shocking to find the slave trade, a horrible part of African history which is best confined to our collective past and best studied to avoid a repeat, is being conducted so brazenly in these modern times."

CNN footage appeared to show a slave market in Libya and Nigeria's Daily Post reports that 242 Nigerians were flown back home from Libya.