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Dozens of Migrants 'Die of Thirst' in Sahara
More than 40 people have died after their vehicle broke down in the Niger desert
More than 40 people have died after their vehicle broke down in the Niger desert.
Also on the programme, Central African Republic tops the Norwegian Refugee Council's yearly list of the world's ten most neglected displacement crises, plus the Kenyan sculptor re-working weathered materials into something new.
(Photo: A girl looks at migrants sitting on a pick-up truck as they leave Agadez in Niger for Libya, from where they will try to reach Europe, June 1st 2015. Credit: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images.)
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