Abidjan — Survivors of slave auctions in Libya have described a "total hell" that they wouldn’t wish on their "worst enemy" as global outrage grows over footage showing migrants being sold off in the war-torn country. "We were slaves," said Moussa Sanogo, a migrant who flew back to Ivory Coast from Libya this week after surviving regular beatings and forced labour in the fields. "For the Arabs (Libyan jailers), black-skinned men are nothing but animals — animals were treated better," said Sanogo, who spent more than four months in Libya trying to get to Italy by boat. The North African country has long been a major transit hub for migrants trying to reach Europe. Sanogo was just one of those who returned home with stories similar to those aired last week by US TV network CNN, which showed an apparent slave auction where black men were presented to North African buyers as potential farmhands and sold off for as little as $400. "It was total hell in Libya," said Maxime Ndong, one of 2...
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