Some 200 West African soldiers, mainly from Nigeria and Ivory Coast, are in Benin to support the government following ...

APC’s Dayo Israel faulted Wole Soyinka’s criticism of Seyi Tinubu’s security, saying Seyi’s public engagements increased his ...

Loyalist troops aided by Nigeria’s air force foiled putsch, but confidence in nation’s democratic stability is shaken.

Five people are lined up before Chantal Dagah's newsstand in Benin's economic capital, Cotonou, a sure sign of trouble.

In 2024, Talon put two of his friends, Oliver Boko, a businessman and Oswald Homesky, former Sports Minister, on trial for an alleged plot to overthrow the government. They were sentenced to 20 years ...

Benin Republic’s Foreign Minister, Olushegun Bakari, has affirmed that Nigeria’s swift and timely intervention, along with ...

The Benin events mark the third coup attempt and first failed coup this year in the Sahel region. There have been 17 coup attempts in Africa since 2020, including 11 successful coups. This makes the ...

Pascal Tigri, the alleged mastermind behind the failed coup in the Republic of Benin, is reportedly hiding in Togo, ...

The Republic of Benin recently survived a military coup. It was a story of force, power play, and tension. The country nearly ...

A dispute between the two small West African nations over Colonel Pascal Tigri and his alleged accomplices would risk deepening diplomatic divisions in West Africa, which has struggled to respond in a ...

Europe too has played its part—France most notably—entangled in the politics of extraction, diplomacy of condescension, and a strategic playbook that treats African sovereignty as a variable, not a ...