Niger jails man for four years in first slavery case

NIAMEY (Reuters) – A court in the West African state of Niger has sentenced a man to four years in jail in the country’s first prosecution for slavery, a magistrate said on Thursday. The 63-year old man had taken a woman as his fifth wife against local law and had subjected her to slavery, the … Read more

U.N. warns Nigeria’s Boko Haram over selling schoolgirls as slaves

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations warned Islamist Boko Haram militants on Tuesday that there was no statute of limitations if they carried out their leader’s threat to sell more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped last month. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said in a video released on Monday that Allah (God) … Read more