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 ...