‘Slaves won’t have a party in our village’: Attack reveals Mali's brutal, ongoing caste system #breakingnews #breaking #worldhealines

A group of people celebrating Mali’s Independence Day were brutally attacked, bound hand and foot and publicly humiliated in the western Malian region of Kayes on September 28. The attack reveals the ongoing impacts of “descent-based slavery”, a form of discrimination that has persisted in the West African country, long after forced labour and servitude were abolished. 

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