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The black market where stolen babies are sold for a few dollars

Babies are stolen every day on the streets of Nairobi. Kenya’s capital is the perfect setting for traffickers.

After a year of investigation, journalist Njeri Mwangi and the BBC’s Africa Eye team found compelling evidence of a thriving activity in this African country.

Those involved in this trade take babies from their mothers and then sell them for a few hundred dollars.

One of the women who takes the babies to their mothers told the story that she sells the children to a businesswoman for 50,000 shillings ($ 460) if it is a girl or 80,000 shillings ($ 720) if it is a boy

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