The severe drought that was engulfing the Sahara desert left 44 people dead from thirst. The death of dozens of people is known after six still strong women managed to reach the nearest village.
Fifty survivors were trapped in the sweltering heat in the middle of the Sahara desert, when the truck they used to travel was damaged amid the Sahara desert, south of Nigeria, Africa.
Reported by the BBC, who quoted a statement from Nigerian Red Cross Chairman Lawal Taher, the six surviving women said there were several children among them who died.
Ghanaian and Nigerian citizens are now trying to get away from their country and flee to Libya. The trip from Nigeria to Libya is the main route for migrants to arrive in the North African region before crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.
Reported by Reuters, crossing the Sahara desert is one of the most heavily traveled passages for immigrants, as they are transported using pickup trucks and often with only a few liters of water.
Until now there has been no one who visited the location of dozens of victims who died was due to weather reasons. There has never been a record of how many immigrants die every year in the Sahara.
Moreover, the region is almost a non-state territory. Most immigrants die from thirst, at other times, there are also victims of robbery and assault by criminal groups and security officers
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