On January 8, 2025, a terrorist group carried out an attack against an advanced position of the Defense and Security Forces (FDS) in the three-border zone between Benin-Burkina Faso-Niger (“Triple Point”) in Banikoara (Alibori Department). At least 28 soldiers were reportedly killed during this attack, the deadliest Benin has ever experienced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This attack, which lasted from 4 PM to midnight, comes after two weeks of calm in the north of the country, reminding of the persistent terrorist threat. It holds significant importance as it targets a key site of the anti-terrorist operation “Mirador”. This site, a soldier deployment base meant to be fortified, constitutes a strategic position for Benin. By striking this base, the attackers thus weaken the armed forces’ operational and deployment capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite mobilization efforts and the response of Beninese armed forces, they are struggling to regain initiative in the North, while terrorist armed groups seem to have gained in operational capabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On January 8, 2025, a terrorist group carried out an attack against an advanced position of the Defense and Security Forces (FDS) in the three-border zone between Benin-Burkina Faso-Niger (“Triple Point”) in Banikoara (Alibori Department). At least 28 soldiers were reportedly killed during this attack, the deadliest Benin has ever experienced. This attack, which lasted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[559,560,561],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-risk-management","category-security","category-terrorism"],"yoast_head":"\n