US EditionWest Africa: The Terrorist Threat Spills Beyond the Sahel - Benin Sounds the Alarm
- The United States reaffirmed its commitment on April 2025 to support Benin's security after deadly terrorist attacks in northern Benin by JNIM.
- The attacks, killing at least 54 Beninese soldiers, followed a pattern of jihadist expansion beyond the Sahel into southern countries like Benin.
- JNIM, linked to Al-Qaeda and active throughout West Africa, carried out its deadliest attack on military sites in W National Park, exceeding the severity of an earlier assault in January.
- Deputy Secretary Landau expressed condolences, pledged stronger security ties, and stressed deepening commercial relations with Benin to enhance sovereignty.
- Experts warn Benin's armed forces remain fragile, needing urgent military strengthening and a new regional security approach as terrorism spreads southward.
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US to bolster security in Benin after terror attacks
The United States government has reaffirmed its commitment to enhancing security cooperation with the Republic of Benin in the wake of recent deadly terrorist attacks. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau made the pledge in Washington during a meeting with Beninese Foreign Minister Olushegun Adjadi Bakari. Landau conveyed America’s condolences over the deaths of Beninese soldiers killed in a brutal assault carried out by Jama’at Nusrat u…
West Africa: The Terrorist Threat Spills Beyond the Sahel - Benin Sounds the Alarm
The recent terrorist attacks in Benin have become a troubling signal: the threat of terrorism is no longer confined to the Sahel region. Jihadist groups are expanding their reach -- if previously they concentrated on Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, now countries further south are under attack.
The Terrorist Threat Spills Beyond the Sahel — Benin Sounds the Alarm - Daily Trust
By Drissa Traoré The recent terrorist attacks in Benin have become a troubling signal: the threat of terrorism is no longer confined to the Sahel region. Jihadist groups are expanding their reach — if previously they concentrated on Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, now countries further south are under attack. While the member states of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) are enhancing coordination and strengthening military cooperation, ECOWAS unf…
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