Pascal Tigri, a previously little-known officer in Benin’s armed forces, emerged into global focus on December 7, 2025, after leading a short-lived coup attempt against President Patrice Talon. The ...

Beyond geopolitics, the Benin episode exposes deeper governance and security problems that produced the mutiny’s rhetoric.

Half of the world’s population lives in just seven countries. But some of the world’s religious groups are even more concentrated than that.

Silent wings, razor-sharp talons, and killer precision—these apex aerial predators rule the skies. Here are the world’s ...