{"id":393651,"date":"2017-06-01T12:41:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T12:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/01\/ghanaians-others-die-of-thirst-in-sahara-desert\/"},"modified":"2017-06-01T12:41:14","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T12:41:14","slug":"ghanaians-others-die-of-thirst-in-sahara-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/01\/ghanaians-others-die-of-thirst-in-sahara-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaians, others \u2018die of thirst\u2019 in Sahara Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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.<\/p>\n
The Ghanaians and Nigerians were trying to get to Libya, according to Nigerien news site Sahelien.<\/p>\n
The six survivors, all women, walked to a remote village and are being looked after in Dirkou, Niger, Red Cross official Lawal Taher said.<\/p>\n
They say several children among the dead.<\/p>\n
So far no-one has visited the site to identify the bodies, Mr Taher added.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/figure>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Authorities told Reuters that is it almost impossible to know how many have died in the vast and unpoliced Sahara.<\/p>\n
Last June, the bodies of 34 migrants, including 20 children, were found in the Sahara Desert near Niger\u2019s border with Algeria.<\/p>\n
It appeared they had died of thirst after being abandoned by their smuggler, a government minister said at the time.<\/p>\n
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