{"id":9224,"date":"2025-05-08T11:21:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T11:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafrad.io\/?p=9224"},"modified":"2025-05-08T11:21:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T11:21:45","slug":"terrorist-attacks-on-benin-cafrad-expresses-its-solidarity-with-beninese-people-and-firmly-condamns-the-acts-of-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafrad.io\/en\/terrorist-attacks-on-benin-cafrad-expresses-its-solidarity-with-beninese-people-and-firmly-condamns-the-acts-of-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"TERRORIST ATTACKS ON BENIN: CAFRAD EXPRESSES ITS SOLIDARITY WITH BENINESE PEOPLE AND FIRMLY CONDAMNS THE ACTS OF VIOLENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-9 vc_col-md-9&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1452702342137{padding-right: 45px !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading source=&#8221;post_title&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;no_stripe&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1746703297505{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9174 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cafrad.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Flag_of_Benin.svg-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cafrad.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Flag_of_Benin.svg-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/cafrad.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Flag_of_Benin.svg-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/cafrad.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Flag_of_Benin.svg-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/cafrad.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Flag_of_Benin.svg-900x600.png 900w, https:\/\/cafrad.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Flag_of_Benin.svg.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">RABAT, the 25<sup>th<\/sup> April 2025 \u2013 The Director General of CAFRAD, with a deep sadness and strong emotions, directs his sincere condolences to the Beninese government, people, and the bereaved families, following the terrorist attacks that took place on the 17<sup>th<\/sup> of April in northern Benin. These barbaric acts, tragically, cost the lives of 54 soldiers of the Beninese Armed Forces while defending their party.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an act of compassion and solidarity, the Director General of CAFRAD and the ensemble of the institution\u2019s personnel firmly condemned these inhumane acts marked with cowardice and barbarism. CAFRAD, as a whole, wanted to express its solid support for the Beninese people in these terrible ordeals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018\u2019The courage shown by these soldiers who fell in the defence of their party will never be forgotten,\u2019\u2019 he emphasised. \u2018\u2019Their memory will be etched in our hearts as a symbol of bravery, determination, and engagement in peace and the security of our dear continent\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Seamlessly, CAFRAD renounced its commitment to the fundamental values of peace, liberty, and democracy. This is while renewing its firm opposition to all forms of obscurantism, intolerance, fundamentalism and violent extremism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Finally, special thoughts were addressed to the injured as well as the families affected by this calamity, with wishes of courage and returning comfort to surmount this tragedy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][stm_spacing lg_spacing=&#8221;80&#8243; md_spacing=&#8221;80&#8243; sm_spacing=&#8221;30&#8243; xs_spacing=&#8221;20&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][stm_sidebar sidebar=&#8221;527&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1602029642150{margin-bottom: -60px !important;background-color: #ffc80a !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_cta h2=&#8221;Envie D&#8217;\u00eatre Renseign\u00e9 Sur Tous Les \u00e9v\u00e9nements du CAFRAD?&#8221; h2_font_container=&#8221;font_size:24px|color:%23000000|line_height:24px&#8221; h2_use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; style=&#8221;flat&#8221; add_button=&#8221;right&#8221; btn_title=&#8221;Nos \u00e9v\u00e9nements&#8221; btn_style=&#8221;flat&#8221; btn_color=&#8221;theme_style_2&#8243; btn_align=&#8221;right&#8221; btn_i_align=&#8221;right&#8221; btn_i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-chevron-right&#8221; use_custom_fonts_h2=&#8221;true&#8221; btn_button_block=&#8221;true&#8221; btn_add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1602029653171{margin-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #ffc80a !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_cta][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-9 vc_col-md-9&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1452702342137{padding-right: 45px !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading source=&#8221;post_title&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;no_stripe&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1746703297505{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;] RABAT, the 25th April 2025 \u2013 The Director General of CAFRAD, with a deep sadness and strong emotions, directs his sincere condolences to the Beninese government, people, and the bereaved families, following the terrorist attacks that took place on the 17th of April<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[121],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafrad.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9224"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafrad.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafrad.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafrad.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafrad.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cafrad.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9225,"href":"https:\/\/cafrad.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9224\/revisions\/9225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafrad.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafrad.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafrad.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafrad.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}