Why West African troops overturned Benin’s coup but watched others succeed

When Benin’s government over the weekend fought back a coup attempt, they had unlikely help: troops and air strikes from neighbouring countries.Read Also: Senate approves Tinubu’s request to deploy troops to Benin RepublicWest Africa has seen a series of coups over the past five years, leaving critics to cast the regional political bloc ECOWAS as having little more than stern communiques at its disposal to stop them.But in Benin, Nigerian jets and troops were quickly dispatched to h