Well.......... here again ......... therein lies a problem .......one word desert!!!!!! .........like snow!!! .....not much grows in the desert.!!!!....its fucking sand !!!!! ....( if you saw the sam kinneson sketch about the desert )......nothing fucking grows in the desert!!!!!!!........i went to the desert in australia breifly ....and i was not impressed .....it's fucking sand !!!!!!.......and hot as fuck .........nothing else ....... sand and heat .......i cannot imagine what the desert was like in niger ....HAF....it was a religious mission ......so where was god to save them huh !!!!!!...........if there was a god he fucked up on this one !!!!! .......two guys walked the rest cooked ........this is why i do not believe there is a god ........like i say if there was one .......... these people would have been saved ....... you know god's children .......... well 49 less fools on the planet .......and you think they would have known better ........ they were nigerians ......FFS .........third world ......of course !!!!!!!!..........
Truck breakdown in Niger strands passengers and leaves at least 49 dead in the Sahara Desert
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, were returning home from a religious festival in Mali when the truck stopped running more than 80 kilometers (49 miles) west of Assamaka, near the borders with Mali and Algeria, Niger's Agadez region governorate said in an online post late Thursday.
Two men survived after trekking more than 50 kilometers (31 miles) to a water source and then continuing to Assamaka, where they alerted authorities, the governorate said.
A delegation sent to the scene by the Agadez Region Governor Gen. Ibra Boulama Issa learned the truck had traveled for several days from the Malian town of Talhandek about 300 kilometers (187 miles) from the Nigerien border.
It was not immediately clear what led to the breakdown or how long the passengers waited.
"On the spot, the findings were particularly disturbing. Dozens of lifeless bodies were found under the immobile truck and in its surroundings," the Agadez governorate said.
Photos published by the governorate showed bodies in the desert with pieces of clothing and other belongings scattered around.
"Deprived of water and unable to repair the vehicle despite the efforts of the driver, his apprentice and passengers, travelers found themselves trapped in the heart of a hostile environment where extreme temperatures and lack of supply points make survival extremely difficult," the governorate said.
The 49 victims were buried in mass graves at the scene in what officials called a "particularly delicate and emotionally exhausting task" for the survivors.
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