Disasters and accidents

A truck carrying attendees of a festival returning from Mali breaks down in the Sahara Desert in Niger, killing 49 people. (BBC)

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62r2ldyejro

Law and crime

Rights groups file a case against Equatorial Guinea, demanding that the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights order the Equatoguinean government to immediately stop sending people deported from the United States back to their home countries, claiming it violates the deportees' rights. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/equatorial-guinea-trump-administration-deportations-2f31af949e0c2271781f25ebda8785df