Niger minister arrested in 'baby-trafficking' investigation


  • World
  • Sunday, 24 Aug 2014

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger's agriculture minister has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in a baby-trafficking network, a spokesman for his political party and legal sources said on Saturday.

The arrest of Abdou Labo, a senior figure in President Mahamadou Issoufou's ruling coalition, comes after 17 people, including his wife and the spouses of other politicians, were arrested in June as part of a police investigation.

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