Beninese army suffers 'hard blow'

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.
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.
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.
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