Moroccan truck drivers who were stranded in Burkina Faso have left the country after rival officers seized power in a coup on Friday.
Union sources told Hespress AR that 30 Moroccan trucks were able to leave Burkina Faso after Moroccan authorities intervened on their behalf. About 60 other trucks are on the road from Niger, Mali, and Mauritania.
All truckers are in good health and are in communication with the union bodies to which they belong, the sources said.
The Moroccan embassy in Burkina Faso had previously announced the creation of a special cell to track the current situation, calling on citizens to stay in their homes and to be very careful, stressing that it has been closely following the events taking place in the country since Friday.
Moroccan flag carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) announced Saturday evening that its flights to Burkina Faso have been canceled.
Joining, The US, ECOWAS, the African Union, and the European Union Morocco condemned the acts of the junta and the ongoing violence.
After assuming office, Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who overthrew the country’s democratically elected president in January, pledged he would put a stop to the Islamic extremist violence that had driven 2 million Burkinabes from their homes.
But on Friday, a group of officers under the command of Capt. Ibrahim Traore said that Damiba had failed and had been relieved of his duties as interim president.
According to the newly appointed junta leadership, “all fighting forces will center on the security issue and the restoration of the integrity of our territory.”
Damiba fled the country and is taking refuge in neighboring Togo.
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