Landing the Big One

Landing the Big One

Thursday, May 05, 2005

Niger anti-slave activist jailed

I don't pretend to know the background, but the BBC reports Niger anti-slave activist jailed perhaps on a "trumped-up" charge? But what stunned me was this line:
"At least 43,000 people are thought to live in subjugation across Niger, which officially banned slavery in May 2003."
2003?!?

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