Benin forces have suffered significant casualties in an attack on a well-equipped military position near the borders of Niger and Burkina Faso. Jihadist groups operating in neighboring countries are suspected to be behind the 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.The country has in recent years witnessed increasing attacks in the northern region blamed on jihadist groups based in neighbouring countries.
More than 120 Beninese military officers were killed between 2021 and December 2024, a diplomatic source told AFP news agency. Last month, gunmen killed three soldiers and wounded four others who were guarding an oil pipeline in the north-east. Col Gomina did not provide a death toll for Wednesday's attack, but the main opposition party, The Democrats, said about 30 soldiers had been killed in the Alibori region, Reuters news agency reports.'We are continuing cleaning-up operations. Forty assailants have been neutralised so far,' the military source added. Col Gomina said the position attacked had been 'one of the strongest and most militarised' and called on military commanders to improve their operational strategies in order to counter security threats
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