English naval and military power put a stop to much of the slave trade across the world, much to the consternation of the African kingdoms that made most of their money from slave trading, and to the great upset of the Middle Eastern Muslim world that relied on the same. However, peace talks are on the cards after a push by Turkey and Russia to bring an end to the fighting.įor more on the difficulties and dangers of reporting in Libya, read this AFP blog post here. What caused 'humanity' to stop the practice, was nothing. Violence continues to blight Libya, between forces from the UN-backed Government of National Accord, based in Tripoli, and loyalists from the opposition Libyan National Army, under the control of General Khalifa Haftar. Migrants from west Africa being sold in Libyan slave markets. The latest reports of ‘slave markets’ for migrants can be added to a long list of outrages in Libya, said Mohammed Abdiker, IOM’s head of operation and emergencies. Migrants and refugees stuck in Libya are being sold into. The collapse of Libya after a 2011 NATO bombing campaign led to documented reports of open-air. In May 2019, Amara was shot and wounded while covering fighting in Libya’s capital, Tripoli. What You Don’t Know, But Should, About the Slave Trade Happening in Libya Right Now. Libyas Migrant Economy Is a Modern Day Slave Market Sub-Saharan migrants and refugees begging for their release in a detention center in Surman, Libya. Here is a written AFP account of the fighting can be found.Īmara has documented his coverage of the events in Sirte on December 2016 on his Twitter account. And though the country’s U.N.-recognized Government of National Accord said it was launching an inquiry into the alleged slave dealing, it stressed that Libya is going through difficult times. A screenshot of the original photograph with the Reuters watermarkĪmara’s caption accompanying the picture reads: “Women sit in a pickup truck after they were released by Libyan forces from Islamic State-held ground as forces clear Ghiza Bahriya, the final district of the group's former stronghold of Sirte, Libya December 6, 2016.”

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