Children saved from 'slavery' - Burkina - BF

Ouagadougou - Police in Burkina Faso have rescued about 30 victims of child traffickers, aged between eight and 17, on the west African country's border with Mali, a police officer said on Friday.

Two men behind the trade, both fake traditional healers of Burkinabe nationality living in Mali, were arrested at Bobo-Dioulasso, the country's second city, and in Faramna, just as they were trying to sneak the children into Mali.

The traffickers had managed to win the confidence of the children's parents by convincing them that the youngsters were to be taken to Mali to study the Qu'ran, a police officer told reporters.

Many Muslim children from Burkina Faso undergo religious studies in neighbouring country.

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You're sold into bondage, forced to work on a plantation, not paid any recompense for your labor, not even fed adequately, and you're not a slave?