Africa: All of Africa Today – December 8, 2025

ECOWAS Deploys Troops to Benin After Failed Coup Attempt

ECOWAS deployed troops from Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Sierra Leone to Benin after a failed coup attempt, even as President Patrice Talon assured citizens in a televised address that the situation was “totally under control.” The move followed an incident when soldiers from a group calling itself the Military Committee for Refoundation briefly appeared on state TV, claiming to have removed Talon and dissolved state institutions. The…