Tosin Onisuuru

Benin’s Interior Minister, Alassane Seidou, announced on Sunday that security forces successfully stopped an attempted coup staged by a small group of soldiers who claimed to have removed President Patrice Talon from office. According to Seidou, “A small group of soldiers launched a mutiny with the aim of destabilising...

The Benin Republic has been thrown into political tension after soldiers announced they have removed President Patrice Talon from power. In a broadcast on state television early Sunday morning, the soldiers declared that the government had been dissolved and the constitution suspended. They also announced that President Talon is...

Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag, has approved the return of voluntary military service in a move aimed at strengthening national defence following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The reform is part of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s wider ambition to build Europe’s strongest conventional army. From January 2026, all 18-year-olds will...