Ghanaian actress Yvonne Okoro has described as “insane” the sale of migrants in Libya as slaves.
“Slavery still ongoing. This is insane. Watching a human being being sold like chattel for $400 in Libya is absolutely ridiculous,” she said in a tweet.
A video that shows African migrants sold as slaves in Libya sparked a global outcry on Monday.
The video published by CNN shows two men stand in the dark negotiating with an auctioneer to buy migrants for about $400 each.
Some football stars including Manchester United’s Paul Pogba have all condemned the modern slavery ongoing in Libya. Pogba described it as a cruelty which must end.
Six years after the overthrow and death of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Libya is still a failed state and a transit point where thousands of African migrants use as a gateway to reach Europe despite the risk of imprisonment, torture and even death.
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Ampofo and Ansong,keep quiete and don't say what you don't know. Go and research about those people (middle east and all those areas) before jumping to conclusion. It is not only happening in Libya and this is not the first time it is happening.it is an ongoing thing around those areas
Gadaffi made sure Libya was in good order but Obama, Sarkorzy and Cameron decided to kill the man. Libya after that was thrown into total chaos. They wanted to do same in Syria but for Russia. Everything happening in Libya now must blamed on these so-called leaders.
After the Western World overthrew Gadafi, there has never been a proper solution to the aftermath of his over throw. A once beautiful country with much resource to liberate its citizenry now suffers at the mercy of hunger, poverty, slave trade and many other vices. Anytime we hail change and freedom, we must also look at the sustainability of our very quest we seek for. Only generations to come will judge us.