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Fifty Malian child labourers repatriated

    ABIDJAN
    Some 50 Malian children who had been working on plantations in neighbouring Cote d’Ivoire were repatriated on Friday, AFP reported quoting official sources in Mali. The information was released during a day dedicated specially to Malian child workers, in which delegates from Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire and Mali participated. AFP quoted the Malian consul in the Ivorian town of Bouake (290 km north of Abidjan) as saying that over 100 Ivorian plantations employed child labour. The consul, Abdoulaye Macko, said more children would be returned home as soon as money was available.

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