Militants inflict heavy losses on Benin's armed forces

Benin suffers heavy losses in deadly border attack
While the perpetrators remain unidentified, Benin has faced increasing attacks in its northern region, often linked to jihadist groups from neighbouring countries.
Militants inflict heavy losses on Benin’s armed forces in an attack in the north
Benin's military says that militants inflicted heavy losses on the country's armed forces during an attack this week on a fortified military post in the north. Col.
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Benin suffers heavy troop losses during jihadist border attack
BENIN’S army has suffered heavy losses during an attack near the country’s border with Niger and Burkina Faso. National Guard chief of staff Colonel Faizou Gomina said on Thursday that one of the military’s positions in the Alibori region had been attacked the previous evening.
Benin army suffers heavy losses in northern attack
Benin's armed forces have suffered heavy losses in an attack on one of their most well-equipped positions in the north, where troops are trying to curb cross-border assaults by Islamist militants, the national guard's chief of staff said on Thursday.
Beninese army suffers 'hard blow' in border attack
Benin forces have suffered heavy losses in an attack near the border with insurgency-hit Niger and Burkina Faso, authorities have said. Colonel Faizou Gomina, the national guard's chief of staff, said one of Benin's most well-equipped military positions had been hit in the north on Wednesday evening.
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