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Truck breakdown in Niger strands passengers and leaves at least 49 dead in the Sahara Desert
At least 49 people died of thirst after a truck broke down in the Sahara Desert in northern Niger, stranding passengers returning from a religious festival in Mali. Two survivors reached a water source and alerted authorities, but the cause of the breakdown remains unclear.
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