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schema:articleBody	Jihadists operating near Benin's borders with Burkina Faso and Niger may coopt intensifying communal conflicts in the country's north as they seek to extend their influence, a Dutch security report said on Thursday. Several jihadist groups operate in the Sahel region just over the border from north Benin in Niger and Burkina Faso, including groups tied to Islamic State's African affiliates. Impoverished north Benin, like other parts of the Sahel, has struggled with growing tensions between sedentary farmers and nomadic herders over resources, land and water. Benin's northern border region is also a haven for criminal gangs involved in smuggling, poaching or unsanctioned logging, who are believed to maintain informal ties with jihadists. The analysis by the Netherlands Institute for International Relations (Clingadael) found northern Benin is at serious risk of exploitation by armed groups even if there were still no "clear alignments between the community tensions" and the jihadists. "For example, new data show that sustained communal conflicts between farmers-herders and over land constitute entry points" for jihadist groups, it said. The report noted three border regions in Benin -- Borgou, Alibori and Atacora -- where communal tensions could be exploited. "The active and lethal communal violence in three northern areas that has already been seen for years creates favourable conditions for spillover," the report said. Last year, one Benin police officer was killed when gunmen attacked a police post in the far north of the country -- the first times Benin security forces in the border area were targeted. Government officials played down any link to jihadists across the border, but the incident reinforced concerns over links between criminal gangs and Islamist militants. In May 2019, two French tourists were abducted and their guide killed during a visit to northern Benin's Pendjari national park. They were eventually rescued by French special forces in the north of Burkina Faso after the kidnappers sold them on to jihadists. pma/cma/tgb
schema:headline	Sahel jihadists 'could exploit north Benin conflicts'
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schema:datePublished	2021-06-10 (xsd:date)
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