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

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

Nigeria's fading influence leaves West Africa vulnerable as coups rise and foreign actors step in. Countries like Chad, Mali, ...

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

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President Bola Tinubu is currently attending the 68th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and ...

Hundreds of young demonstrators flooded the streets of Cotonou, the capital of the Benin Republic, on Saturday to condemn last Sunday’s failed military ...

It started quietly in the early hours of Sunday, December 7, 2025, checks by WITHIN NIGERIA report. By 2am, a group of armed ...

The brief coup attempt in Benin has renewed concerns about the stability of democratic systems across West Africa. The incident took place on December 7 ...

Set for the iconic Sofitel Dome in Cotonou, Benin, the PFL Africa Finals will feature 12 fights with four of those matchups ...

Some 200 Nigerian and Ivorian troops are in Benin as part of a security mission supporting the government after a weekend coup attempt, the country's foreign minister said Thursday.

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 ...