West African Migrants Rescued Crossing Sahara Desert
       
Twenty-three West African migrants, including a seven-year-old girl, have been found alive after being abandoned in the depths of the Sahara for days.

The International Organization for Migration said the migrants were found some 300 kilometers from the Niger city of Agadez, a key hub on the edge of the Sahara for African migrants trying to reach Europe.

Officials say hundreds of West African migrants have been found dead, or have disappeared or been rescued in dire straits in Niger's part of the Sahara.

According to reports from the International Organization for Migration, in May and June alone, the bodies of 52 migrants including babies were found in the desert, while another 50 and more who went missing are probably dead.
 
SOURCE: NEWS24