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Over 2,000 slaves redeemed

The Swiss-based NGO Christian Solidarity International (CSI) has freed some 2,035 slaves during a seven-day trip to southern Sudan, Reuters reported. This brings the total number of slaves redeemed by this group since 1995 to 11,000. CSI pays the equivalent of US $50 per head to Arab middlemen who buy the slaves back from their masters in the north and return them to the south. CSI has been criticised by UNICEF, human rights groups and some southern Sudanese for fuelling the slave trade and attracting imposters lured by dollars.

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