CASABLANCA, Morocco -- Four Moroccan truck drivers who were kidnapped in West Africa over the weekend were released in Niger, officials said.

The four Moroccan drivers who went missing between Burkina Faso and Niger last Saturday have been located and are on their way to the Moroccan embassy in Niger, according to information obtained by Hespress.

Three trucks, one carrying a spare driver, disappeared as they drove without an escort from Dori in Burkina Faso to Tera in Niger, an area known for jihadi threats, a diplomatic source says

Three trucks, carrying four Moroccan drivers, have gone missing between Burkina Faso and Niger, according to informed sources in the international freight transport sector who spoke to Hespress AR. The trucks,

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Four Moroccan truck drivers were kidnapped over the weekend in West Africa and released in Niger. They were transporting electrical equipment on a dangerous route affected by militant activity in the Sahel.

Four Moroccan truck drivers have gone missing in the dangerous border region between Burkina Faso and Niger, an area known for jihadist threats. They disappeared during an unescorted trip from Dori, Burkina Faso,

the secretary-general of Morocco's Transport Union said. The Moroccan Embassy in Burkina Faso informed the union late Monday that the four drivers had been freed and were safe in Niamey.

Junta-led Burkina Faso and Niger are battling Islamist militant ... Secretary General of Morocco's transporters' union, told Reuters. The trucks, loaded with infrastructure equipment, departed ...

Four Moroccan truck drivers who were kidnapped in West Africa over the weekend were released in Niger, officials said, according to AP. The drivers were the latest victims of insecurity in the Sahel,

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