Armed soldiers of the Niger National Guard protect a convoy crossing the Sahara Desert from Niger north to Libya often with Nigerien workers on...
{"Image ImageDescription": "AGADEZ, NIGER - OCTOBER 8: Armed soldiers of the Niger National Guard protect a convoy crossing the Sahara Desert from Niger north to Libya, often with Nigerien workers on overloaded trucks destined for work in mines, on October 8, 2018 in Agadez, Niger. Aside from civilian convoys, National Guard patrols hunt armed Islamists in this Sahel region half the size of Texas. In a bid to stem irregular migration from Africa to Europe, the EU is spending $270 million on an \"Emergency Trust Fund\" for programs in Niger, part of a security-development package that has seen the number of migrants heading north drop from 334,000 in 2016 to fewer than 50,000 in 2018. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "2018 Scott Peterson"}