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It’s been more than a year since jihadis first stormed Igor Kassah's town in northern Benin but the priest still lives in fear.

COTONOU, Benin - It's been more than a year since jihadis first stormed Igor Kassah's town in northern Benin, but the priest still lives in fear

Violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, which has wracked much of West Africa’s inland Sahel region for more than seven years, is spreading to the region's coastal states and Benin is the hardest hit

Violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, which has wracked much of West Africa’s inland Sahel region for more than seven years, is spreading to the region's coastal states and Benin is the hardest hit

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/jihadi-violence-hits-benin-shows-spread-across-west-africa/"></div>COTONOU, Benin (AP) — It’s been more than a year since jihadis first stormed Igor Kassah’s town in northern Benin but the priest still lives in fear. His once peaceful life is now marked by threatening phone calls and Islamic extremist diatribes tacked on church doors demanding that people leave. He is haunted by the […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis ...