NATITINGOU, Benin: At Natitingou in northern Benin, visitors mingled with locals to pay their condolences to the family of Fiacre Gbedji, a tour guide murdered by jihadists when they kidnapped two French tourists in the Pendjari National Park.
The attack came while Gbedji was taking his French companions along the Pendjari river, which is mostly dried up at this time of year.Part of the river separates Benin, a country hitherto spared terrorist attacks and unscarred by conflict, from Burkina Faso, a country also popular with European tourists but hard hit in recent years by jihadists.'GIVING OF HIMSELF'
"His prime character trait was giving of himself for other people," the friend added, describing the slain man as somebody"very humble, ever helpful and ever available."
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