At least 49 people die of thirst after truck breakdown in Niger desert

At least 49 people died of thirst in Niger's Sahara desert after their truck broke down, stranding them for days. The group was returning from Mali to celebrate Eid al-Adha when they ran out of water. Two survivors walked over 50 km to a water source and then to Assamaka to alert authorities. The bodies were buried in mass graves.