Sahel Chronicles
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For decades, this small West African country was the example. No coups since 1972. Peaceful transfers of power. A working democracy in a region where strongmen ruled. Then, in December 2025, gunshots cracked through the capital. A group of mutinous soldiers stormed the state TV and declared a new era. They said the government had failed them. That their brothers were dying in the north, fighting jihadists, while politicians in the south rewrote the constitution. By noon, it was over. Loyal forces crushed the coup. Nigeria sent jets. The president, Patrice Talon, appeared on camera looking calm. Crisis averted. Democracy saved? Not exactly. Here's what they are not telling you about the coup in Benin Republic.
Sahel Chronicles435,698 views • 9 months ago
Something strange is happening in northern Mozambique. On the coast of Cabo Delgado, a small fishing town called Mocímboa da Praia was once quiet, isolated, and largely ignored by the world. But in 2017, armed men stormed the town in the middle of the night, attacking police stations and killing civilians. At first, people thought it was a local gang. It wasn’t. Those fighters later pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. And suddenly, Mozambique, a country thousands of kilometers from Syria and Iraq, became home to ISIS’s fastest-growing insurgency in Africa. But what is behind this crisis?
Sahel Chronicles198,535 views • 10 months ago
How the global financial system was rigged against Africa!
Sahel Chronicles44,773 views • 8 months ago
In July 2023, a quiet shift began in Cotonou, Benin Republic. The EU announced over €63 million in new budget support. France moved to deepen military cooperation. Washington updated its assessment, calling Benin an “emergent security partner.” All these happened just when Chinese engineers were finishing a massive export pipeline connecting Niger’s oil fields to the Atlantic at the Port of Sèmè. Are these coincidences or what is really happening in Benin Republic?
Sahel Chronicles41,178 views • 9 months ago
In December 2025, President Bola Tinubu formally requested the National Assembly to approve a ₦43.56tn "budget reset" to overhaul Nigeria's fiscal framework. However, if the same system that created this mess is now asking for a reset…Is this genuine reform?
Sahel Chronicles37,168 views • 9 months ago
Mali is under attack by a terrorist group which is determined to crumble it's economy. What looks like random acts of violence has since morphed into a deliberate squeeze to choke the economy. Are these the acts of JNIM or do we have more powerful forces at play?
Sahel Chronicles34,661 views • 10 months ago
