•Observers and the CENA (Commission Electorale Nationale Autonome) check the number of votes One month after an attempted coup shook Benin, the west African country will hold parliamentary and local elections Sunday, set to define the political landscape ahead of presidential polls in April. President Patrice Talon’s ruling coalition is expect...
•An armoured vehicle is positioned at the entrance of a blocked road next to the National Television, Benin TV, in Cotonou, on December 08, 2025 Benin jailed today around 30 people, most of them soldiers, accused of links to a thwarted coup attempt this month, legal sources told our correspondent, while several mutineers are still […]
•A motorbike rider drives past the Amazone statue in Cotonou Five people are lined up before Chantal Dagah’s newsstand in Benin’s economic capital, Cotonou — a sure sign of trouble. Traffic at her kiosk, just steps away from several government ministries that were guarded by tanks the day after the coup attempt, usually comes in […]...
•Foreign Minister, Republic of Benin, Olushegun Bakari Nigeria’s timely intervention played a critical role in averting a potentially devastating bloodbath during a recent coup attempt in Benin, according to the country’s Foreign Minister, Olushegun Bakari. Addressing the press in Abuja today, Bakari thanked Nigeria and other nations of the Ec...
France helped the authorities in Benin thwart a coup attempt at the weekend, an aide to President Emmanuel Macron said today, revealing a French role in a regional effort that foiled the latest bid to stage a putsch in West Africa. Macron led a “coordination effort” by speaking with key regional leaders, the aide, asking […]
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to deploy Nigerian troops to the Republic of Benin in support of efforts to restore peace and stability following last weekend’s attempted coup. Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced this today during plenary after lawmakers considered the request in the Committee o...
•Nigeria Air Force C-130 The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the landing of its C-130 aircraft in Burkina Faso was precautionary and followed due process. According to the Director of Public Relations and Information, Headquarters, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, the aircraft landed in the West African country due to a “technic...
•President Patrice Talon of Benin Republic Benin’s military was searching for fugitive soldiers behind a foiled coup attempt on the weekend that left several dead as other West African countries mobilised to offer military support. At least a dozen plotters had been arrested, and by yesterday, all hostages, including high-ranking officers, had...
•Benin’s President Patrice Talon Two high-ranking Benin army officers taken hostage during an attempted coup were released early today, a day after the government said it thwarted the military takeover with support from Nigerian forces. Benin’s economic capital Cotonou was calm and traffic was returning to normal, after a group of soldie...
•Troops Nigeria played a major role to restore democratic order in neighbouring Benin Republic, the presidency has confirmed. A group of soldiers had appeared on Benin’s state television, announcing the dissolution of the government, yesterday. The mutineers seized the National TV after but failed to enter President Patrice Talon’s residence, ...
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