France, Feb. 10 -- Libya's security authorities have recovered nearly 50 bodies from two mass graves in the country's southeastern desert, officials said on Sunday, in the latest tragedy involving people seeking to reach Europe through the North African country.

The bodies of at least 28 migrants have been found in a mass grave in the southeastern city of Kufra, the office of the attorney general posted on Facebook on Sunday.

The discovery was made just days after another mass grave with 19 bodies was made on a farm, also in Kufra.

Officials found the latest grave after raiding a human trafficking centre,according to Mohamed al-Fadeil, head of the security chamber in Kufra.

Authorities said they freed76 migrants from "forced detention...