Sunday’s almost-coup in Benin flickered briefly across global headlines before disappearing into the digital abyss. But it should not have. It was the latest tremor from a region collapsing in slow motion—a Sahel that is now the epicentre of one of the world’s least-covered wars, and where jihadist movements have made extraordinary gains in 2025. […]
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