A Gambian migrant who is identified as Ebrima Njie has died in a Tripoli hospital, Libya.

The cause of his death has not been disclosed, but it is confirmed that he has been hospitalised for some days. 

Gambian migrants in Libya are pleading to the public for information about his family in The Gambia

Speaking to Gambiana exclusively, Ebrima Drammeh, Italy-based Gambian migrant, said the deceased was living in the Libyan capital, Tripoli at a place called Medina. 

“He died some minutes ago in the hospital in Tripoli his name is Ebrima Njie but we don’t know his family and which village he’s from in Gambia,”he said. 

Libya has been a transit point for hundreds of African migrants including Gambians trying to reach Europe through the Medit Sea. 

Reporting by Adama Makasuba