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FILE-A police officer and a soldier from Benin stop a motorcyclist at a checkpoint outside Porga, Benin, March 26, 2022. (AP Photo/ Marco Simoncelli, file)

FILE-A police officer and a soldier from Benin stop a motorcyclist at a checkpoint outside Porga, Benin, March 26, 2022. (AP Photo/ Marco Simoncelli, file)

FILE - A mural reading " remain vigilant and mobilised" is seen in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Wednesday March 1, 2023, in a region shaken by extremist uprisings and military coups. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - A mural reading " remain vigilant and mobilised" is seen in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Wednesday March 1, 2023, in a region shaken by extremist uprisings and military coups. (AP Photo, File)

FILE- Internally displaced people wait for aid in Djibo, Burkina Faso, May 26, 2022 when violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group began surging and spreading across the West African nation. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)

FILE- Internally displaced people wait for aid in Djibo, Burkina Faso, May 26, 2022 when violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group began surging and spreading across the West African nation. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)