Benin Republic has placed Candide Azannai, former defence minister and prominent opposition politician, in pre-trial detention as ...
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Coup in Niger: Why Tinubu should use force

This article was published in this column on 4 Au­gust, 2023 following the coup d’état in Niger Re­public on 26 July, 2023. It is being reprinted because of the recent developments in Benin Republic: ...
International criminal law was established to hold individuals accountable for heinous crimes such as genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The International Criminal Court (ICC) and ad ...
President Donald Trump expanded a travel ban imposed in June to seven additional countries and added restrictions to even ...
Rokia Koné recorded the song N’yanyan in one take, on a night when the world around her was in upheaval. It was August of 2020, and there was a coup d’etat in Mali. She found solace in the words, ...
Military coupists like Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré and Mali’s Assimi Goïta have not only attracted domestic support but ...