Hama amaduo

Africa

Nigeria Baby factory scandal: Niger Republic Parliament Speaker flees country

Niger’s leader of the opposition and parliamentary speaker Hama Amadou has fled to neighbouring Burkina Faso after parliamentary leaders authorised his arrest on suspicion of involvement in a baby-trafficking network, his lawyer said on Thursday. Speaking at a news conference where he announced Hama’s departure, Mossi Boubacar accused the government of a “coup d’etat against democracy”. A source close to…