US EditionBenin: Al-Qaeda-Linked Jihadists Attack Military Posts in Benin Republic, Kill 70 Soldiers
- Al-Qaida affiliate JNIM claimed responsibility for killing 70 soldiers during attacks on two military posts in Benin, as reported by the SITE Intelligence Group.
- This incident marks the largest death toll claimed by jihadists in Benin in over a decade of operations in West Africa.
- Benin and Togo have faced increasing jihadist activity from groups associated with Islamic State and Al-Qaida, expanding from the Sahel region of Africa.
- The Sahel insurgency began after a Tuareg rebellion in Mali in 2012, leading to widespread violence and five military coups in neighboring countries from 2020 to 2023.
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Latest Nigerian NewsAl-Qaeda-linked jihadists attack military posts in Benin Republic, kill 70 soldiers
The Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), an al-Qaeda affiliate in the Sahel said it killed 70 soldiers in an attack on two military posts in northern Benin. The post Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists attack military posts in Benin Republic, kill 70 soldiers appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
Al-Qaida affiliate says it killed 70 soldiers in Benin, SITE reports
Al-Qaida affiliate JNIM said it killed 70 soldiers in raids on two military posts in north Benin, the biggest death count claimed by jihadists in the country in over a decade of activity in West Africa, the SITE Intelligence Group said on Saturday. The West African state and its coastal…
'Jihadist terror group kills 70 soldiers in Benin'
The Al-Qaida-affiliated jihadist terrorist organization JNIM states that it killed seventy government soldiers in Benin on Thursday. If that figure is correct, that is the highest number of soldiers killed by the jihadists in the ten years that they have been active in West Africa. JNIM claims to have killed the soldiers in attacks on two military posts in the northeast of the country. In recent years, Benin has regularly been the target of jiha…
A jihadist group has taken on the killing of dozens of soldiers
The jihadist group JNIM, part of the international terrorist network al-Qaeda, claims to have killed 70 soldiers in two raids in Benin. This would be the deadliest jihadist attack in West Africa in the past decade, if proven true, according to the SITE Intelligence Group.
Al Qaeda affiliate says it killed 70 soldiers in Benin, intelligence group reports
Al Qaeda affiliate JNIM said it killed 70 soldiers in raids on two military posts in north Benin, the biggest death count claimed by jihadists in the country in over a decade of activity in West Africa, the SITE Intelligence Group said on Saturday.
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