Alassane Tigri has been detentained after his brother attempted to oust Benin President Patrice Talon in December Benin’s former sports minister and opposition figure Alassane Tigri has been placed in prison on charges of organizing a coup, La Nouvelle Tribune reported on Thursday.  According to the news outlet, Tigri was arrested at his home in Cotonou on January 28 and detained pending trial by the Court for the Fight Against Economic Crimes and Terrorism. Tigri, who is also vice president of