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Apparent coup attempt in Benin thwarted, interior minister says

eriinfo.com5 months ago06 mins

A coup that was announced in Benin on Sunday has been “foiled” by loyal soldiers, the West African nation’s interior minister said in a video on Facebook. “In the early morning of Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, a small group of soldiers launched a mutiny with the aim of destabilizing the state and its institutions,” Alassane…

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Africa: Ivory Coast – IFJ Demands Immediate Release of Exiled Journalist Extradited to Benin

eriinfo.com10 months ago04 mins

Journalist Hugues Comlan Sossoukpe, who has refugee status and is a vocal critic of the Beninese government, has been in exile in Togo since 2019. According to local media reports, he was invited by the Ivorian Ministry of Digital Transition and Digitalisation to attend a forum on new technologies in Abidjan,Ivory Coast, from 9 to…