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44 Nigerians And Ghanaians Die In Sahara Desert - Mhiz Rebecca - 06-02-2017
Survivors say 44 people have died of thirst
after their truck broke down in the Sahara
Desert in northern Niger, the Red Cross has
told the BBC.
The six survivors, all women, walked to a
remote village and are being looked after in
Dirkou, Niger, Red Cross official Lawal Taher
said.
They say several children are among the dead.
The Ghanaians and Nigerians were trying to
get to Libya, reports Nigerien news site
Sahelien.
So far no-one has visited the site to identify the
bodies, Mr Taher added.
The route from Niger to Libya is one of the
main ways migrants reach North Africa before
crossing the Mediterranean Sea to get to
Europe.
Crossing the Sahara is one of the most perilous
parts of the journey as migrants are crammed
into pickup trucks often with only enough room
for a few litres of water, reports Reuters news
agency.
Authorities told Reuters that is it almost
impossible to know how many have died in the
vast and unpoliced Sahara.
Last June, the bodies of 34 migrants, including
20 children, were found in the Sahara Desert
near Niger’s border with Algeria.
It appeared they had died of thirst after being
abandoned by their smuggler, a government
minister said at the time.