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

NIAMEY - A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled central Sahel region, Niger's defence chief said on state ...

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

The Moroccan Embassy in Burkina Faso late on Monday informed the union that the four drivers had been freed and were safe in Niamey. “They will be brought back soon,” said Echarki El Hachmi ...

The four were transporting electrical equipment from Casablanca to Niamey, the capital city of ... escort on the route between northeastern Burkina Faso and western Niger. The Moroccan official ...