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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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