49 People Die After Truck Breaks Down

49 people die after truck breaks down

Forty-nine people died of thirst after a truck carrying approximately 100 passengers became stranded in a remote section of the Sahara Desert near the borders of Niger, Mali and Algeria, PEOPLE reports.

Dozens die of thirst in Sahara desert after truck breakdown

Nearly 50 people died of thirst after a truck carrying them from Mali to Niger broke down in the Sahara desert, local authorities said. The Nigerien nationals were returning home to their families when the truck carrying them got lost and later broke down in a remote area near the borders of Mali and Algeria, according to a statement published on Thursday by the governor of Niger’s Agadez region. “Stranded without water and unable to repair the …

49 FOUND DEAD IN NIGER DESERT DUE TO THIRST FOLLOWING TRUCK BREAKDOWN

Wed 10 June 2026: Nigerien authorities say at least 49 people died of thirst in an isolated Sahara desert district in northern Niger after their truck broke down, leaving them stranded for days. The dead were among a group returning from Mali to celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha with their families in Niger […]