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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 and stranded them in the Sahara Desert in northern Niger. The victims, returning from a religious festival in Mali, were near the borders of Mali and Algeria when the vehicle failed. Two survivors reached a water source and alerted authorities.
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