Last month, French journalist Olivier Dubois, who was held hostage in Mali for over a year, was finally released, but foreign and local journalists working in the Sahel tell VOA that press freedoms continue to be eroded in the region, making it more dangerous for those reporters who are still working. In the past decade,…
DAKAR (Reuters) - A Benin army vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in a national park near the border with Burkina Faso on Thursday, the park s management said, the latest in a series of security incidents as fears rise about widening Islamist violence. Radio France Internationale (RFI) reported that two soldiers were killed in the explosion. Reuters was not immediately able to confirm that report. African Parks, the South African non-profit group that manages Pendjari National Park, said in a statement that the explosion had occurred near a hotel that has been closed since 2019. It made no comment on casualties. Benin is among the West African coastal countries considered most vulnerable to a spillover of Islamist violence from the landlocked Sahel countries, where groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State exert influence over vast tracts of territory. The government confirmed two attacks by jihadist fighters near the Burkina Faso border last month, including one that kill
DAKAR (Reuters) - A Benin army vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in a national park near the border with Burkina Faso on Thursday, the park's management said, the latest in a series of security incidents as fears rise about widening Islamist violence.
DAKAR (Reuters) - A Benin army vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in a national park near the border with Burkina Faso on Thursday, the par.