Failed Coup Reveals Benin’s Fragility
Benin’s President Patrice Talon narrowly avoided being toppled in a palace coup in September.
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Benin’s President Patrice Talon narrowly avoided being toppled in a palace coup in September.
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Despite agreeing to return to U.S.-backed peace talks, Sudan’s army has stepped up its operations in Khartoum.
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An attack by the Wagner Group on a remote village in eastern Mali threatens to stir up a decades-long border dispute with Mauritan...
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On May 20, the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Front for the Victory of Islam and Muslims (known by its Arabic acronym JNIM) attacked an army...
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On May 15 2024, Benin allowed temporary Nigerian oil exports via its port, ending a year-long dispute, with ongoing monitoring of...
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Since late 2023, the Islamic State group has dramatically stepped up its attacks in Mozambique’s north-eastern province of Cabo De...
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Niger’s ruling military junta announced on March 17 that it had canceled, with immediate effect, a military agreement providing fo...
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Since early March, Somali’s Al-Shabaab Islamists have been working to strengthen their ranks by redrawing the borders of their de...
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In mid-2024, a high-level Algerian delegation led by General Abid Halouz visited Niamey to enhance cooperation amidst rising secur...
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On February 11, a gunman from Somalia’s Al-Shabaab jihadist group attacked the Gordon Military Base at Aden Adde International Air...
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Between December and mid-January, the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) waged a campaign of attacks in Nigeria’s Benue,...
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