Nic\u00e9phore Soglo, the first president of Benin\u2019s democratic era, has spoken out about the escalating terrorist attacks in the north of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The former President of the Republic of Benin, Nic\u00e9phore Dieudonn\u00e9 SOGLO, reacted to the deadly terrorist assault against Beninese soldiers in the northern region. In a message posted on his Facebook page, he expressed deep sorrow over the latest attack, describing it as “cowardly, barbaric, and unbearable.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Benin mourns its sons who fell while protecting our land and our people,” the message reads. The former head of state took the opportunity to pay tribute to the brave sons of the nation who died defending their country and extended his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and the security forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With a solemn and unifying tone, the former president called for national unity: “We must hold fast to one constant, no matter what happens and regardless of the circumstances: to remain united and determined in the face of the terrorist threat,” he declared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
True to his vision of a strong and sovereign Benin, Nic\u00e9phore SOGLO evoked the legacy of the nation\u2019s iconic resistance figures: “The land of Gu\u00e9zo, B\u00e9hanzin, Bio Guera, and Kaba will never bow to the blackmail of our enemies.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nic\u00e9phore Dieudonn\u00e9 SOGLO is a former president of Benin, former mayor of Cotonou\u2014Benin\u2019s economic capital\u2014and former vice president of the Forum of Former African Heads of State and Government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nic\u00e9phore Soglo, the first president of Benin\u2019s democratic era, has spoken out about the escalating terrorist attacks in the north of the country. The former President of the Republic of Benin, Nic\u00e9phore Dieudonn\u00e9 SOGLO, reacted to the deadly terrorist assault against Beninese soldiers in the northern region. In a message posted on his Facebook page, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":293071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_trash_the_other_posts":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"pays":[119],"personnalite":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-527540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-company-news-benews","8":"pays-benin"},"acf":{"type_de_publication":"opinion","nom_de_linstitution":"","description_de_linstitution":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527540"},{"taxonomy":"pays","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pays?post=527540"},{"taxonomy":"personnalite","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/personnalite?post=527540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}