W-Arly-Pendjari border parks. Benin’s deadliest year on record (305 Islamist-linked deaths); JNIM has named an emir for Benin; Point Triple attack (Apr 2025), Kofouno (Mar 2026, 15 soldiers killed).
Recent (to 21 Oct 2026)
- 4 Aug: a CAE Aviation King Air 350 (N331GR) set up for ISR flew a reconnaissance mission over northern W National Park (F3, Faytuks News Discord (west-africa-sahel) via @fabsenbln, x.com/fabsenbln/status/2084718712108532051, 4 Aug 2026). 7 Aug: Spanish journalist Alfonso Masoli says he was held a week in Benin on espionage charges, and that he saw no soldiers in the area, only local hunter militias (C3, Faytuks News Discord (west-africa-sahel) via @AlfonsoMasoli, x.com/AlfonsoMasoli/status/2085645513278300185, 7 Aug 2026).