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 and ...
The coup that followed soon afterwards in Gabon, in August 2023, was similarly the product of local frustrations. In this ...
Earlier Sunday, a group of soldiers appeared on Benin's state TV to announce the dissolution of the government in an apparent ...
The short-lived coup in Benin left “casualties on both sides” of the government forces and the mutinous soldiers, authorities ...
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Benin hunts soldiers behind failed coup

Benin's military was Monday searching for fugitive soldiers behind a foiled coup attempt on the weekend that left several ...
A group of soldiers appeared on Benin's state TV and announced the removal of the president and all state institutions.
The alleged leader of a failed coup in Benin has sought refuge in neighbouring Togo, two Beninese government officials told ...
Like its neighbor Mali, Burkina Faso also witnessed two successive coups. In January 2022, Roch Kaboré was ousted by Lt. Col.
A spokesman said 14 members of the military had been arrested. The West African country’s president, who was not seen for ...
Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Patrice Talon spoke by phone while the coup attempt was still under way on Sunday 7 December.