Benin’s government said that 54 soldiers were killed in an attack in the country’s north last week, providing a lower toll than reported by Al Qaeda affiliate JNIM.<\/p>\n
The West African state and its coastal neighbour Togo have seen a rise in terorrist activity in recent years, as groups linked to Islamic State and al Qaeda have spread from the Sahel region into northern areas.<\/p>\n
Al Qaeda affiliate\u00a0JNIM said it killed 70 soldiers\u00a0in raids on two military posts in north Benin, the SITE Intelligence Group said on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Sahel insurgency took root after a Tuareg rebellion in north Mali in 2012 and spread into neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger before reaching the north of coastal West African countries such as Benin more recently.<\/p>\n
Thousands have been killed and millions displaced by the conflict, which contributed to spurring five military coups in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger between 2020 and 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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