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Vedika BAHL

A female slave market in Ethiopia? No, this is a Senegalese cultural event

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A Dutch far-right politician has reposted a video claiming Muslim women in Ethiopia are being sold and enslaved. But our fact-checking reveals that the video actually shows "Ndut" - a rite of passage belonging to the Serer ethnic group in Senegal. Our team liaised with a father whose son participated in the viral ceremony, while a Senegalese journalist and expert of the Serer community gave us more information on the cultural event itself. Vedika Bahl explains in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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