Mr Richard Kumadoe, fraud and security analyst, has warned that the escape of Benin coup leader Lieutenant-Colonel Pascal Tigri could deepen political divisions amid West Africa’s existing security ...

Hundreds of young demonstrators flooded the streets of Cotonou, the capital of the Benin Republic, on Saturday to condemn ...

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 ...

Pascal Tigri, the alleged mastermind behind the failed coup in the Republic of Benin, is reportedly hiding in Togo, ...

The Republic of Benin recently survived a military coup. It was a story of force, power play, and tension. The country nearly ...

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 ...

Europe too has played its part—France most notably—entangled in the politics of extraction, diplomacy of condescension, and a strategic playbook that treats African sovereignty as a variable, not a ...

A failed coup in Benin is the latest in an increasingly volatile West Africa. To encourage stability, Europeans should ...

Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Patrice Talon spoke by phone while the coup attempt was still under way on Sunday 7 December.

The officer that led the coup attempt that shook Patrice Talon’s hold on power on Sunday 7 December has found refuge in a regional capital.

Benin President Patrice Talon has condemned an attempted coup that was foiled by the army in his first public comments since ...