Niamey, Niger, Aug 16, 2025 (AFP) - At least 35 migrants dead trying to cross Niger since January: NGO

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2025-08-16

At least 35 migrants have died attempting the dangerous crossing of the Niger desert to Libya or Algeria on their way to Europe, a campaigning group said Saturday. "Based on our own information, 35 to 40 migrants have died between January and August while crossing the desert," Aziz Chehou of the Niger NGO Alarme Phone Sahara told AFP. Among the tens of thousands of people hoping to reach the North Africa coast for smuggling boats to Europe, many......

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