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Counter Terrorism: Benin Republic Bolsters Defence, Signs Security Cooperation Accord With U.S.

Global UpfrontMar 30, 2025March 30, 20250

Faced with a rising tide of external threats in the north, Benin has spent much of the past eight years modernizing and expanding its military.

Operation Red Card: 306 Arrests As Nigeria, 6 Other African Nations Crack Down On Cybercrime

Global UpfrontMar 26, 2025March 26, 20250

Authorities in Nigeria, South Africa and five other African countries have arrested 306 suspects and seized 1,842 devices in a co-ordinated international operation targeting cyber-enabled

Benin Republic Reels From Deadliest Terror Attack

Global UpfrontFeb 9, 2025February 9, 20250

By ADF The deadliest terrorist attack in Beninese history has shaken the country and its military, leading to harsh criticism inwardly and outwardly. Jama’at Nusrat

Benin Republic Grants Citizenship To Slave Descendants As It Faces Its Own Role In The Trade

Global UpfrontDec 16, 2024December 16, 20240

By Associated Press When Nadege Anelka first came to the West African country of Benin from her home island of Martinique, a French overseas territory

7 Benin Republic Soldiers Killed By Gunmen In National Park Attack, Army Source Says

Global UpfrontJun 5, 2024June 5, 20240

Gunmen killed seven Benin soldiers in an attack in the north of the country in Pendjari national park, an army source and a security source

MNJTF Says Operation Lake Sanity 2 Continues Despite Terrorist Propaganda

Global UpfrontJun 1, 2024June 1, 20240

As Operation Lake Sanity 2 progresses, the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) is addressing recent propaganda spread by ISWAP terrorists urging Kukawa and neighboring communities

AFRICOM Commander Visits Benin Republic To Strengthen Bilateral Security Partnership

Global UpfrontMay 8, 2024May 8, 20240

U.S. Marine Corps General Michael Langley, Commander, U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Major Michael Woods, Command Senior Enlisted Leader visited Benin May

Nigeria Missing As Africa Dominates List of World’s 20 Fastest-growing Economies in 2024

Global UpfrontFeb 16, 2024February 16, 20240

Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, is conspicuously missing as Africa accounts for 11 of the world’s 20 fastest-growing economies in 2024. The African Development Bank (AfDB)

I’m Now Free To Return To Nigeria After 2 Years In Benin Republic, Declares Yoruba Nation Agitator, Sunday Igboho

Global UpfrontOct 9, 2023October 9, 20230

Popular Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, who is currently in exile in Cotonou, Republic of Benin capital, has said that

Benin Republic Must Target The Illicit Activities That Enable Violent Extremism

Global UpfrontSep 5, 2023September 5, 20230

Terror attacks in northern Benin have been on the rise since 2019. These incidents, attributed to the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims