Sunday’s almost-coup in Benin flickered briefly across global headlines before disappearing into the digital abyss. But it should not have. It was the latest tremor from a region collapsing in slow motion—a Sahel that is now the epicentre of one of the world’s least-covered wars, and where jihadist movements have made extraordinary gains in 2025.
Benin’s putschists were defeated, but the forces of instability are still advancing. Benin sits exposed between two…
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