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Analysts say if violence escalates and spreads, it could have far-reaching geopolitical consequences

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 bodies he has seen…

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 Qaeda and Islamic State is spreading from inland West Africa to coastal states, and Benin is the hardest hit.