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Sold into slavery: A migrant's ordeal
A migrant recounts his ordeal as a victim of the slave trade in Libya. There's been angry reaction to images of African nationals being auctioned off for manual labour in Libya. The country is a gateway to Europe for thousands of people from Africa and Asia. But many fall victim to warlords and militias eager to exploit them.
(Photo: Migrants from West Africa waiting in a courtyard in a holding house in Agadez, northern Niger. Credit: Issouf Samogo/ AFP/ Getty)
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