Namibia: Man Survives Five Days in the Desert

A 56-YEAR-OLD Lüderitz resident was found by a police helicopter on Tuesday after surviving five days without food in the desolate Tsau //Khaeb (Sperrgebiet) National Park.

Andries Niklaaste, an employee of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, said he had dropped off fellow workers at the camp last Friday morning and returned to Lüderitz to fuel up the government vehicle.

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