Militant attack kills 6 Benin soldiers, army spokesperson says

FILE - Benin soldiers stand outside a polling station during the Benin Presidential election in Cotonou on April 11, 2021. Six soldiers were killed in a militant attack Feb. 15, 2025.

A militant attack on an army position has killed six soldiers in northern Benin, where government troops are trying to curb cross-border assaults by armed Islamist groups, an army spokesperson said.