Troops in northern Niger have rescued nearly 100 migrants who were on the brink of death in the Sahara Desert, an army statement has said, the BBC reports.
Traffickers abandoned the group, which included women and children, without water and food, it added.
One child is reported to have died, but there is no confirmation of this.
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.
However, the journey through the desert is perilous as the migrants are crammed into pick-up trucks and have little food or water.
