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COTONOU, Benin: Two soldiers were killed on Thursday (Friday in Manila) when jihadists attacked a military post in north Benin near the border with Burkina Faso, military sources said, in a rare Islamist militant assault in the West African state. Benin borders three countries battling a jihadist insurgency that has spread across the Sahel region and prompted calls for more cooperation to halt its expansion south to Gulf of Guinea states. Benin’s military has not officially commented on the attack. The small coastal country has been a relative safe haven in a region struggling with jihadist violence that has spilled over from Nigeria and Mali.
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