CAIRO — Thirteen African migrants suffocated inside a shipping container while being transported over four days between two Libyan towns, a Red Crescent official said Thursday. Osama al-Fadly, head of the Red Crescent in Libya, told The Associated Press that the deceased were among 69 migrants, many from Mali, who were packed into the container. The locked container was transported from the central town of Bani Walid to Khoms in western Libya, from where the migrants were to be taken across the Mediterranean. Competing governments based in eastern and western Libya rely on militias to maintain security and order. Rights groups say migrants traversing Libya have been tortured, raped and subjected to forced labour .

Source: Libya Today February 23, 2017 12:56 UTC