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Death on Sahara Desert: Touching story of Ghanaian migrant

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Brother of Ghanaian illegal migrant narrates how his kid brother perished mysteriously while on transit in the Sahara Desert en route to Europe. It is not so much about his death that brings the most pain, but the way he perished. It is a mystery. Prince Amoh-Ayensu, 39, met his untimely death under mysterious circumstance while on transit through the Sahara Desert to Italy en route Libya. Prince would've loved to tell his success story only if he had survived the dreadful journey, just like her kid sister Cynthia did two years earlier after making it to Italy via the same route. Many African migrants and refugees who travelled through similar routes to Europe have suffered all forms of abuse and torture while others are sold in open markets as slaves in Libya, others still are held against their will under inhumane conditions in exchange for ransom money by human traffickers. Others too have perished under various circumstances but their stories are...