Far from merely being an internal event, the Benin coup attempt briefly placed the geopolitics of the entire region under a ...

In a scene that has become familiar across parts of Africa of late, a group of armed men in military garb appeared on state ...

It is true that state repression has remained a constant since the 2021 polls. Museveni’s main opponent continues to be a ...

The alleged leader of a failed coup in Benin has sought refuge in neighbouring Togo, two Beninese government officials told ...

This article focuses on African countries where military coups have taken place in the last five years, following the failed ...

The coup that followed soon afterwards in Gabon, in August 2023, was similarly the product of local frustrations. In this ...

Before Talon came to power in April 2016, Benin was widely recognised for its peaceful transfers of power, a dispensation anchored in the February 1990 National Conference, which ended one-party rule ...

Growing autocratic rule, a rise in jihadist attacks and a proliferation of coups in the Sahel contributed to the attempt by ...

It had become a familiar scene in West Africa. A group of soldiers appeared on state television in Benin on Sunday to claim ...

Nigerian fighter jets carried out airstrikes to thwart a coup bid in Benin in which mutinying soldiers tried to seize ...

The resurgence of military coups across Africa since 2020 represents a troubling regression in the continent's democratic ...

Voters in Hong Kong stayed home in large number in a legislative election at a time when the political system is battling ...