Gunmen ambush, killing 7 soldiers Gunmen killed seven Benin soldiers in an attack in the north of the country in Pendjari National Park, an army source and a security source said on Wednesday. The sources did not identify the gunmen but the attack on Tuesday was the latest in a border area where Benin faces growing spillover from a jihadist conflicts in the Sahel and where criminal gangs and smugglers also operate. “The information about the loss of seven of our compatriots is confirmed,” an army source said when asked about the...