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Suspected Jihadist Attack in Benin Kills Soldiers, Police

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Cotonou (AFP) June 5, 2025 Three soldiers and two police officers were killed in a suspected jihadist attack in northwestern Benin, locals and military sources told AFP on Thursday. The attack on a police station in Tanougou on Wednesday night follows a wave of Islamist violence in Benin, its northern neighbours Niger and Burkina Faso and Mali further west. A military source said there were "five dead: two police

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The jihadist groups operating in the Sahel have launched in the past month a succession of terrorist attacks against military bases and cities in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, which have caused at least 300 deaths, mostly soldiers. The offensive reveals the ability of these armed groups to organize major attacks, after several years in which they have suffered severe losses, and challenges the account of the military juntas that govern these thr…

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El Pais broke the news in Spain on Monday, June 9, 2025.
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