Nigeria, June 13 -- Jama'at Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), an affiliate of al-Qaeda global terror group, has claimed an attack in Basso, a town in Benin Republic which is about 15 kilometers from Babana and other communities around Kainji National Park straddling Kwara and Niger states.

The terror group disclosed this on 12 June in its propaganda snippet seen by PREMIUM TIMES.

It did not provide details of the attack but said in Arabic that it had taken "control" of a Beninese military post in Basso, Borgou.

In April, the group attacked an Armoured Personnel Carrier belonging to the francophone country's military, near the same border.

Also in April, PREMIUM TIMES reported that JNIM killed 70 soldiers in attacks on two militar...