CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Four Moroccan truck drivers who were kidnapped in West Africa over the weekend were released in Niger.

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

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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,

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 went missing in the volatile border area between Burkina Faso and Niger while traveling without a security escort. Efforts are underway by the Moroccan embassy and Burkina Faso authorities to locate them amidst ongoing threats from Islamist militant groups in the region.

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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