Foiled Sunday Coup It was on a Sunday morning, 7 December 2025 in the West African country of Benin when around 43-52% of ...

The government of Benin Republic has confirmed that it requested Nigeria’s military intervention to stop what it warned could ...

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 ...

Nigeria’s intervention to quell the December 7,  2025, coup attempt in Benin Republic may have saved the unpopular regime from joining the class of infamous political leaders, but it has also created ...

The Foreign Affairs Ministers of Nigeria and the Republic of Benin, Yusuf Tuggar and Olushegun Adjadi Bakar, met in Abuja on Thursday for talks centred on the recent attempted coup in Benin and rising ...

The Beninese authorities are actively seeking the arrest of the lieutenant colonel who led a mutiny on the night of December ...

Pascal Tigri fled to Togo after a failed coup in Benin. President Talon stayed in power with support from Nigerian forces, ...

Benin’s government says the officer who led Sunday’s failed coup attempt is now hiding in neighbouring Togo, deepening tensions ...

Coup leader Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri reportedly fled the country after his attempt to oust President Patrice Talon ...

As normalcy returns to Benin Republic, the attempted coup raises lingering questions about political tensions within the ...