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BBC News
30-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Chido and Kone primed for Brentford role
Manchester United duo Chido Obi and Sekou Kone look certain to be involved at Brentford on Sunday after being named in Ruben Amorim's Europa League travelling squad even though they cannot was signed from Arsenal and Kone from Mali-based club Guidars earlier this season so they could not be named on the club's 'B' list for European Amorim has elected to keep his squad in Spain overnight after the first leg of their Europa League semi-final with Athletic Bilbao and is planning a full training session on Friday before returning to is expected to make a significant number of changes for the Brentford game and his decision to involve Chido and Kone this week indicates they will play some part at Gtech Community Chido made his sixth substitute appearance for United in the 1-1 draw at Bournemouth on 27 April, while Kone, 19, is yet to make his debut.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Islamic militants kill at least 54 soldiers in northern Benin, government says
Islamic militants killed at least 54 soldiers in northern Benin last week, the country's government has said. The attack took place in the west African nation's north-eastern Alibori department, which borders Burkina Faso, Niger and Nigeria. Benin's government originally said eight soldiers had died in last Thursday's attack, but significantly revised the death toll up on Wednesday. Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM), a Mali-based terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda, said it was behind the killings. It claimed that it had killed 70 soldiers, according to the SITE Intelligence Group. Benin has seen terrorist activity increase in recent years, with extremist groups that operate in the Sahel region launching more cross-border attacks. Related What should Europe do as Russia gains influence in Africa's Sahel? The W-Arly-Pendjari Complex, a border area between Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger, is particularly affected by this violence. Speaking about the latest attack, Benin government spokesperson Wilfried Léandre Houngbédji said that neighbouring countries need to do more to combat the threat posed by jihadists. "The points where these attacks of 17 April took place are on the border, so you can understand that if, on the other side of the border, there was a force like ours, these attacks would not take place in this way or would not even occur," he said. "The soldiers who have fallen are our children, our parents, our friends." JNIM also claimed responsibility for an attack in early January that left 28 Beninese soldiers dead.
