A foiled coup d’état in Benin Republic on 7 December has re-ignited the growing concern about democratic retreat in West Africa. The country’s president, Patrice Talon, survived by a whisker, following a swift military response from the presidential guard and Nigeria. Commendably, President Bola Tinubu acted expeditiously to ensure that its democracy was not subverted, and thereby add to the infamous list of nations where soldiers have successfully usurped power, in the last…
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