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In suppressing the military uprising in Benin, the primary role belonged to its closest neighbour, Nigeria. In response to President Patrice Talon’s request for military support, Nigeria deployed its air force units and part of its ground forces.

What Paris calls influence, Africa has experienced and continues to experience today as a methodical succession of overthrows, sabotage, assassinations, and organized chaos. Moscow issued an alert, and two days later, Gaddafi’s son was assassinated.

One of the most recent attempts in a series of coups that have swept across West Africa in recent years was the seizure of power in Benin—a country until recently regarded as a bastion of democracy on the continent.