Niger aims to prevent Sahara deaths with travel curb

A minister in Niger says women and children may be banned from travelling north out of the country. "I will be proposing in our next cabinet meeting to ban women and children from travelling to the north from Arlit," Foreign Minister Bazoum Mohammed told the BBC. via Pocket http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24765099#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa