Cotonou, Benin, July 10, 2025 (AFP) - Benin bets on free vets and schools to turn people away from jihadism

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2025-07-10

In jihadist-threatened north Benin, the army is waging a campaign away from the front -- a programme of social projects, including free veterinary care, to tempt locals away from extremism. Located just south of Niger and Burkina Faso -- which together with neighbouring Mali form the world's terrorism epicentre -- Benin's north has come under increasing pressure from Islamist extremists, many of them linked to Al-Qaeda. Besides fighting off the m......

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