Soglo and Obasanjo discuss African security crises
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Nouvelle Tribune
Former Beninese president Nicéphore Soglo received former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo in Cotonou to discuss security threats, diplomatic tensions and mediation possibilities in West Africa. The 9 November meeting came after several exchanges between Soglo and Beninese officials and after Obasanjo’s visit to Benin, reports La Nouvelle Tribune.
Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria, praised the role of Nicéphore Soglo, former president of Benin, in Romuald Wadagni’s accession to the Beninese presidency. He also backed Soglo’s commitment to creating a Senate in Benin and his efforts to ease relations between Cotonou and Niamey, according to La Nouvelle Tribune.
Nicéphore Soglo, for his part, acknowledged Olusegun Obasanjo’s mediation efforts, as the African Union’s special envoy for the Horn of Africa since 14 May 2026. Obasanjo is notably seeking to revive the Pretoria agreement on the conflict in Tigray and sits on the AU panel of facilitators for the DRC.
The meeting came after Joseph Fifamin Djogbénou, president of Benin’s National Assembly, visited Nicéphore Soglo on 3 November, followed by Abdoulaye Bio Tchané, president of Benin’s Economic and Social Council, on 7 November. Bio Tchané had then presented the broad guidelines for the eighth term of his institution.
