More than a week after a military intervention restored the president to power after a rebellion in the Beninese military, foreign troops continue to prop up Patrice Talon as his regime unleashes a ...

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

On December 7, the mutineers highlighted deep-seated problems within the institution, issues that soldiers had raised for ...

Those who make peaceful change impossible make violent change inevitable.” — J. F. Kennedy This assertion resonates ...

Nigeria's fading influence leaves West Africa vulnerable as coups rise and foreign actors step in. Benin's failed coup shows ...

THE rising incidence of jihadi terrorist attacks within the West African sub-region has caused considerable concern to both leaders and the general citizenry within and outside the region. From the ...

When mutinous soldiers briefly seized Benin Republic’s national television station and a military base earlier this month, ...

After a series of coups undermined France's position in West Africa, Emmanuel Macron opted for a light but symbolic ...

Military rulers in west Africa's Sahel region may well have celebrated had a recent coup attempt in Benin resulted in another ...

Some 30 people - most of them soldiers - have been jailed in Benin in connection with a failed coup attempt earlier this ...

Global Atomic delayed the start-up of Niger’s Dasa uranium processing plant by one year to the second half of 2027. Border closures with Benin and financing delays disrupted equipment imports and ...

In line with a broad movement acknowledging colonial-era spoliations and seeking to rebalance cultural relations between Africa and Europe, countries such as France, Germany, Belgium, and the ...