Kano Evacuates Thousands of Street Children
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•Islamic police in Nigeria round up children living on streets to put them in camp "for their rehabilitation"
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Authorities in northern Nigeria 's largest city have begun evacuating more than 5,000 street children.
The Hisbah, a regional police force tasked with enforcing Islamic Sharia law, have carried out midnight raids on motor parks, markets and street corners in Kano .
The boys roam the city, begging, selling items at traffic lights and scavenging for scrap metal.
Kano State has the highest divorce rate in Nigeria , according to official figures.
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