Missing Moroccan drivers: concern grows, families call for help

Worried, the families of missing Moroccan drivers between Burkina Faso and Niger launched an urgent appeal to the Moroccan authorities, urging them to intervene immediately. They fear that they were removed by the terrorist group Boko Haram.

The families of Moroccan truckers who have been missing since Saturday, January 18, on a road between northeast Burkina Faso and western Niger live in an agonizing expectation, where the absence of any new accentuates their psychological distress. They implore those responsible to break the wall of silence and reveal the truth about this worrying disappearance. Have they been removed by armed groups such as Boko Haram operating in the Sahel and Desert region? Fears have persisted in this eventuality, since the trace of these men was lost between Dori, Burkina Faso, and Téra, in Niger, sensitive areas in the grip of attacks of jihadist groups for several years. The convoy “borrowed an itinerary which crosses an area at very high risk, where terrorist cells and armed groups known for their acts of regular looting” are active in transporters “had ensured a diplomatic source.