15 soldiers killed in jihadist attack in northern Benin

Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists killed 15 soldiers in an attack on an army base in northern Benin, the west African country’s military said Thursday.

The Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), Al-Qaeda’s branch for the Sahel region of Africa, claimed responsibility for the Wednesday raid on a base in Kofouno, near Benin’s border with Niger.

West Africa is suffering from a surge in attacks by the JNIM, the Islamic State group and…