DISPATCHES
Vol 67 No 8 |
- BENIN
- DJIBOUTI
The trend is more significant in Benin where the gains of the impressive pro-democracy campaigns in the 1990s have been undermined by outgoing President Patrice Athanase Talon in power since 2016...
In Benin the path for Talon's hand-picked successor Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni to take over from President Patrice Talon was cleared by limiting his challengers to Paul Hounkpè of the Forces cauris pour un Bénin émergent (FCBE) which took just 4...
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With the main opposition party Les Démocrates excluded from the race the 49-year-old political heir to head of state Patrice Talon faces only one rival – Paul Hounkpè of the Forces cauris pour un Bénin émergent (FCBE) which won just 4...
After the failed putsch against President Patrice Talon in December it was Béninois officials and not French sources that revealed the discreet contribution of French troops to the mopping up operation...
When mutinous soldiers tried to topple President Patrice Talon in neighbouring Benin last December Macron and Tinubu acted jointly to intervene militarily and thwart the coup (AC Vol 66 No 25 Tinubu claims a rare win in his anti-putschist fight)...
West Africa in 2026 charts The results from Benin's parliamentary elections on 11 January will decide whether there is a strong opposition challenge ahead of April's presidential elections likely to be won by Romuald Wadagni the chosen successor of incumbent Patrice Talon...
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WEST AFRICA: THE DECLINING DEMOCRATIC DIVIDENDS The results from Benin's parliamentary elections on 11 January will decide whether there is a strong opposition challenge ahead of April's presidential elections likely to be won by Romuald Wadagni the chosen successor of incumbent Patrice Talon...
So it was entirely logical that Tinubu and Macron would coordinate closely to derail the putschists – once Benin's beleaguered President Patrice Talon sounded the alarm...
Stopping the coup was the simpler part President Patrice Talon is exploiting post-putsch goodwill to launch yet another crackdown on civilian political opponents...
It is now clear that the thwarted coup in Cotonou was much more violent than first reported and determinedly targeted Benin's President Patrice Talon and the most senior military officers...
Since Gen Tiani seized power in August 2023 there have been rumbling disputes between Niamey and Cotonou (AC Vol 65 No 13 Patrice Talon tests strength of General Tiani's junta)...
Vol 66 No 22 |
- NIGERIA
- SAHEL
Most strikingly after Ecowas lifted sanctions in February 2024 the Tiani regime reopened border crossings with Nigeria – while still refusing to reopen the economically vital Gaya/Malanville frontier with Benin in a pointed snub to President Patrice Talon (AC Vol 65 No 5 Ecowas buckles as it goes for regional unity)...
Finance minister Romuald Wadagni has been named joint presidential candidate of the governing l'Union progressiste pour le renouveau (UPR) and Bloc Républicain (BR) for April 2026 – confirming President Patrice Talon will honour the constitutional two-term limit...
The announcement follows Côte d'Ivoire's 83-year-old President Alassane Ouattara announcing his bid for a fourth successive term and brings relief to officials in the Economic Community of West African States seeking to restore faith in constitutional rule amid the populist pull of Sahel juntas (AC Vol 65 No 13 Patrice Talon tests strength of General Tiani's junta & Dispatches 8/9/25 Thiam faces election judgement day)...