44 Nigerians, Ghanaian migrants die of thirst in Sahara Desert

BOBOJAY June 01, 2017 0

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More than 40 migrants from Nigeria and Ghana have died in the Sahara Desert after their truck broke down in arid northern Niger.

The Red Cross said the migrants, most of whom have not been identified, died this week.

According to Reuters, six survivors walked to a remote village where they said that 44 people, mostly from Ghana and Nigeria and including three babies and two other children, died of thirst, said Lawal Taher, the department head for the Red Cross in the Bilma region.

Taher said  a search for the bodies was underway. SHARE THIS NEWS

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