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Trafficking of west African children spawns Gabonese hell

AFP

At the sprawling Mont-Bouet market in Libreville, dozens of children heave bags of cement on their shoulders. Others wander around for hours, desperately trying to sell dried fish or cakes. Their parents are nowhere to be seen: these children are virtual slaves.