{"id":443004,"date":"2017-12-02T11:00:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T11:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/02\/slave-trade-in-libya-must-end-nana-addo\/"},"modified":"2017-12-02T11:00:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T11:00:37","slug":"slave-trade-in-libya-must-end-nana-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/02\/slave-trade-in-libya-must-end-nana-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"Slave trade in Libya must end \u2013 Nana Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday,  2 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/23762668.295.jpg\" alt=\"Nana Addo Slave\" title=\"Nana Addo Slave\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512212437_573_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has emphasized the need for the current slave trade ongoing in Libya to end.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage by CNN captured youth from sub-Saharan countries being sold for $400(\u00a3300) in discreet locations in the North African country.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders from Africa and Europe have since advocated for the resolution of such \u2018barbaric\u2019 acts.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a meeting with French President, Emmanuel Macron, Nana Akufo-Addo said he was committed to seeing a resolution to the crisis in Libya as the situation is very dear to him and the country.<\/p>\n<p>The President called on African leaders, with the help of the Western world to fast-track processes to end the act saying \u201cit is a matter of primordial concern for us in this region. If we don\u2019t come to grips with the situation in Libya, it is going to become difficult to come to grips with what I consider to be ancillary subsidiary matters that are taking place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>\u2018Slave trade in Libya a mockery of African unity\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The President in an earlier tweet had also indicated that reports of African migrants in Libya being sold into slavery and being subjected to other atrocities make a mockery of African unity.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on social media, President Akufo-Addo condemned the slave auctions, which were brought to light in the special report by CNN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current slave auctions of Africans in Libya are not only gross and scandalous abuses of human rights, but are also mockeries of the alleged solidarity of African nations grouped in the African Union (AU), of which Libya is a member,\u201d President Akufo-Addo stated.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2S2qtGisT34\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PY_0YCbc8gc\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 63 updated by: 63 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Saturday, 2 December 2017 Source: citifmonline.com 2017-12-02 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has emphasized the need for the current slave trade ongoing in Libya to end. 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