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  • 🇱🇷🇬🇳 Tensions are rising along the Liberia–Guinea

    🇱🇷🇬🇳 Tensions are rising along the Liberia–Guinea

    Tensions are rising along the Liberia–Guinea border after reports that Guinean soldiers crossed into Liberian territory and raised the Guinean flag on Liberian soil. According to reports from the border region in Lofa County, the incident triggered anger among local residents. Liberian youth reportedly armed themselves with machetes, sticks, and other tools to defend what…

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  • 🇧🇯 Beninese army suffers ‘hard blow’ in border attack

    🇧🇯 Beninese army suffers ‘hard blow’ in border attack

    Benin forces have suffered heavy losses in an attack near the border with insurgency-hit Niger and Burkina Faso, authorities have said. Colonel Faizou Gomina, the national guard’s chief of staff, said one of Benin’s most well-equipped military positions had been hit in the north on Wednesday evening. “We’ve been dealt a very hard blow,” Col…

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