Nigeria’s anti-trafficking agency has said it found thousands of missing girls and women in southern Mali, many of whom were sold as sex slaves.
According to the agency NAPTIP, there are between 20,000 and 45,000 kidnapped Nigerian women in Mali it intends to return to Nigeria.
In 2014, armed group Boko Haram abducted more than 276 schoolgirls.
The kidnapping captured the world’s attention, with celebrities and prominent personalities such as former US first lady Michelle Obama joining a “Bring Back Our Girls” campaign to free them.
According to a 2018 report by the US State Department, human trafficking is a major problem in Africa’s most populous country.
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