Robert Fowler, left, and former prime minister Jean Chretien arrive for a G8 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Tuesday, June 25, 2002. (Fred Chartrand / THE CANADIAN PRESS)From CTV National News:
Two Canadian diplomats have gone missing near Niamey, Niger, while working for the United Nations.
UN spokesperson Farhan Haq told CTV Newsnet that local residents found an abandoned United Nations Development Programme car late Sunday evening that was supposed to be carrying three people -- now identified as Canadians Robert Fowler and Louis Guay, and their unnamed driver.
The car was found about 40 kilometres northeast of Niamey, the capital of Niger.
All three are currently missing.
"We at the UN are trying to get further information from the Nigerian authorities," Haq said.
"The authorities in Niger are trying...to determine what's happened to those three missing individuals. But at present we don't have any real information about their whereabouts."
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