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Cotonou wants Turkish drones and Chinese armaments to defend its borders

Faced with an increasing number of attacks from armed groups in northern Benin, the authorities in Cotonou have stepped up their efforts to find suppliers able to provide them with air defence systems. Among the contenders are Turkey's Baykar group, China's PolyTech and France's A-NSE. [...] (471 words)

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Paris uses Beninese airports for Barkhane withdrawal

Turkish Nurol and Aselsan favoured to arm Niamey after TAI and Baykar

A-NSE's surveillance balloons spreading from Sahel to Ivory Coast

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