Secret slaves of Mauritania: Mother and daughter were beaten and raped (and only escaped after their children were murdered)

They perch awkwardly on an imitation rococo sofa in a nondescript room in the desert wastes of Mauritania.

And though the setting is incongruous, it is not as out of place as the horrific tale that Moulkheir Mint Yarba and her daughter Selek’ha have to tell.

Their story - of casual brutality, rape, slavery and the murder of their children - is one that does not belong to the 21st century.

But perhaps the most shocking part of their experience, told in a new CNN investigation Slavery’s Last Stronghold – is that it is not uncommon.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2121062/Secret-slaves-Mauritania-Mother-daughter-beaten-raped.html