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Benin’s Wadagni wins presidential election with landslide 94% of votes
The incoming president faces serious security issues in the north of the country and challenges to living standards.
Published On 13 Apr 2026
Polls close in Benin with finance minister expected to win election
Published On 12 Apr 2026
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Explaining Benin’s presidential election
Published On 12 Apr 2026
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What’s at stake in Benin’s presidential election?
Published On 11 Apr 2026
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West African regional army: Why thousands of soldiers are deploying
Published On 2 Mar 2026
Benin’s opposition loses all parliamentary seats, provisional results show
Published On 18 Jan 2026
Benin votes in key parliamentary, local polls a month after thwarted coup
Published On 11 Jan 2026
Salah seals Egypt win against Benin as AFCON 2025 quarterfinals awaits
Published On 5 Jan 2026
Mane rescues Senegal in draw with DR Congo, as Benin find first AFCON win
Published On 27 Dec 2025

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Can Alliance of Sahel States find a way to curb advance of armed groups?

Leaders from Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso are hoping to find a way to repel advancing fighters linked to al-Qaeda.

Has Benin’s foiled coup made ECOWAS a West African heavyweight once more?

The regional bloc seemed resigned to the coup crises rocking the region until the Benin attempt this month.

Benin settles after failed coup attempt, but regional concerns remain

Loyalist troops aided by Nigeria’s air force foiled putsch, but confidence in nation’s democratic stability is shaken.

Benin’s real coup already happened under President Talon

The failed coup exposed how far Benin’s democracy has already decayed.

Benin’s foiled coup: How it unfolded and what we know

President Talon pledges severe punishment for coup plotters after army thwarts attempts to overthrow his government.

Nigeria says it deployed jets, troops to Benin to ‘dislodge coup plotters’

Nigeria’s president says he sent fighter jets, troops to Benin to help quell a coup attempt by mutinous soldiers.

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Benin’s gov’t says it thwarted coup attempt after troops declared takeover

Soldiers in Benin appeared on state television to say they had toppled President Patrice Talon and taken power.

Benin coup attempt updates: Interior minister says coup attempt thwarted

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A timeline of recent coups in Africa
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The president is likely ‘under high-level security protection’

Benin’s President Patrice Talon says coup attempt thwarted

President Talon says situation under control after soldiers went on state TV saying he had been removed from power.

‘Mobility tool’ for fighters: Motorbikes keep armed men moving in the Sahel

In Benin and across West Africa, riders viewed with suspicion as motorcycles now synonymous with armed fighters.

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