Earlier Sunday, a group of soldiers appeared on Benin's state TV to announce the dissolution of the government in an apparent ...

Growing autocratic rule, a rise in jihadist attacks and a proliferation of coups in the Sahel contributed to the attempt by ...

Benin’s government says it foiled a coup attempt by a group of soldiers who sought to “destabilise the state”. ECOWAS has now ...

Benin President Patrice Talon said on Sunday that the West African nation's government and armed forces had thwarted a coup ...

Benin's military was Monday searching for fugitive soldiers behind a foiled coup attempt on the weekend that left several ...

Benin, a model for democracy in West Africa, experienced an unsettling coup attempt. With elections set for April 2026, an ...

The apparent leader of a failed coup in Benin is on the run and the fate of hostages remains unclear a day after a group of ...

A spokesman said 14 members of the military had been arrested. The West African country’s president, who was not seen for ...

Fourteen people have been arrested in connection with an attempted coup in Benin, a government spokesperson told Reuters on ...

Like its neighbor Mali, Burkina Faso also witnessed two successive coups. In January 2022, Roch Kaboré was ousted by Lt. Col.

COTONOU, Benin — A coup that was announced in Benin has been “foiled,” the interior minister said Sunday in a video on ...

A group of soldiers appeared on Benin's state TV and announced the removal of the president and all state institutions.