Rwanda Promises Military Assistance to Benin to Combat Sahel Jihadist Threat

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame met his Benin counterpart Patrice Talon at the weekend, promising military support to help the west African nation contain a spillover from jihadist conflict at Benin’s northern border with Burkina Faso. West Africa’s coastal nations Benin, Togo, Ghana and CĂ´te d’Ivoire are increasingly worried by the islamist insurgency gaining ground just…