At least 49 people have died of thirst in the Sahara Desert after their truck broke down, leaving them stranded for days in northern Niger, authorities confirmed. The victims, all Nigerien nationals, ...

At least 49 people have died in the middle of Africa's Sahara Desert after a truck broke down and left them stranded with no water and no way to call for h ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — At least 49 people died of thirst after a truck broke down and they were stranded for days in the Sahara Desert in northern Niger, authorities said. The victims, all Nigeriens, ...

Forty-nine people died of thirst in the Sahara Desert after their truck broke down in a remote area near the borders of Niger, Mali and Algeria, regional authorities in Agadez, Niger, PEOPLE reports.

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