#Benin, through its Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aurélien Agbénonci, announced on Saturday that it would withdraw its 140 soldiers engaged in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (Minusma) by November 2023.
Agbénonci announced his country’s decision in a letter addressed to the General Secretariat of the United Nations, reports the German antenna of international broadcasting, Deutsche Welle.
The head of Beninese diplomacy underlined that his country “has lately been confronted with a worrying security situation due to acts of terrorism orchestrated on its northern borders by unidentified armed men”.
Faced with this situation, he underlines “it is urgent that Benin deploy all the human, material and logistical skills required”.
Agbénonci announced his country’s decision in a letter addressed to the General Secretariat of the United Nations, reports the German antenna of international broadcasting, Deutsche Welle.
The head of Beninese diplomacy underlined that his country “has lately been confronted with a worrying security situation due to acts of terrorism orchestrated on its northern borders by unidentified armed men”.
Faced with this situation, he underlines “it is urgent that Benin deploy all the human, material and logistical skills required”.
#Benin The Commissariat of Dassari, commune of Matéri, department of Atacora was attacked by an armed group on the night of Saturday June 25 to Sunday June 26, 2022. Result, four dead including two on the Beninese side and significant material damage. According to sources, a third police officer is currently in intensive care at Tanguiéta hospital.
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Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin fighters (Branch of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb) speaking Bariba to expand into #Benin
Islamic State reports attacks in #Mali and #Benin in which more than 100 people have been killed, including Russian mercenaries
The Islamists attacked for the first time in Benin, a country located on the border with Niger, where on two occasions, in July and September, local soldiers were attacked on a section of the road between the cities of Kandy and Malanville, Alibori region, during which 6 soldiers died.
In addition, IS has claimed responsibility for major attacks, on the Malian army base in Tessit and in the town of Talataye. The first occurred on August 8 and 42 soldiers of the Malian Armed Forces became its victims, and the military facility was looted and set on fire. The second occurred recently and its victims were JNIM militants and militiamen from Azawad, among them a total of 60 people died, and the rest fled despite the support of the Malian Air Force.
The Islamists attacked for the first time in Benin, a country located on the border with Niger, where on two occasions, in July and September, local soldiers were attacked on a section of the road between the cities of Kandy and Malanville, Alibori region, during which 6 soldiers died.
In addition, IS has claimed responsibility for major attacks, on the Malian army base in Tessit and in the town of Talataye. The first occurred on August 8 and 42 soldiers of the Malian Armed Forces became its victims, and the military facility was looted and set on fire. The second occurred recently and its victims were JNIM militants and militiamen from Azawad, among them a total of 60 people died, and the rest fled despite the support of the Malian Air Force.
The Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the first time for an attack in northern #Benin, carried out by its branch in the Sahel, confirming the extension of its activities to the Gulf of Guinea.
“The soldiers of the caliphate announce the expansion of their operations in Benin”, affirmed the EI member, the weekly Al-Naba, quoted this Friday, September 15 by the American center for monitoring jihadist sites SITE.
According to Al-Naba, in early July, the jihadists "attacked a military patrol in the village of Takwara, in the Alibori region (northern Benin)" and allegedly killed four of them. The next day, an "ambush" of soldiers in the same region this time would have killed two people.
This is the first time that the Sahelian branch of IS has claimed activities in Benin. The group as well as its great rival Al-Qaeda have been increasing deadly attacks in the Sahel for years, particularly in northern Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. But their desire to extend their activities to the Gulf of Guinea (Ghana, Benin, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire in particular) has been proven for many months and is mentioned by both African states and France.
“The soldiers of the caliphate announce the expansion of their operations in Benin”, affirmed the EI member, the weekly Al-Naba, quoted this Friday, September 15 by the American center for monitoring jihadist sites SITE.
According to Al-Naba, in early July, the jihadists "attacked a military patrol in the village of Takwara, in the Alibori region (northern Benin)" and allegedly killed four of them. The next day, an "ambush" of soldiers in the same region this time would have killed two people.
This is the first time that the Sahelian branch of IS has claimed activities in Benin. The group as well as its great rival Al-Qaeda have been increasing deadly attacks in the Sahel for years, particularly in northern Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. But their desire to extend their activities to the Gulf of Guinea (Ghana, Benin, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire in particular) has been proven for many months and is mentioned by both African states and France.