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

Members of the French DGSE were 'held hostage' for a year in Ouagadougou, accused of espionage by putsch leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré. It took bitter negotiations and the decisive intervention of Morocco to secure their release.

Quatre camionneurs marocains sont portés disparus depuis le samedi 18 janvier 2025 entre le nord-est du Burkina Faso et l'ouest du Niger.

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

Les quatre camionneurs marocains portés disparus depuis le samedi 18 janvier au Burkina Faso ont été retrouvés ce lundi 20 janvier au Niger.

Une cellule de crise a été mise en place à Rabat, selon la presse marocaine, après la disparition de quatre camionneurs marocains sur l’axe Dori-Téra, entre le nord-est du Burkina Faso et l’ouest du N

Samedi dernier, quatre chauffeurs de camion marocains ont disparu alors qu'ils traversaient une zone frontale particulièrement instable entre le Burkina

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,

RABAT - Four Moroccan truck drivers went missing on Saturday as they crossed the restive border area between Burkina Faso and Niger, a source from the Moroccan embassy in Burkina Faso and a Moroccan transport union said.

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP ... The Moroccan Embassy in Burkina Faso informed the union late Monday that the four drivers had been freed and were safe in Niamey. “They will be brought back ...