This is the first time that officials have said how many foreign soldiers were deployed to help thwart the mutiny.

A senior government official in Benin has told the BBC that the leader of Sunday's failed coup is taking refuge in ...

It has been cited as a factor in struggles of African independence movements against colonial powers including France.

About 200 West African soldiers, mainly from Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire, remain deployed in Benin Republic following Sunday’s failed coup attempt, Olushegun Bakari, the country’s Foreign Affairs ...

Benin’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Olushegun Adjadi Bakari said about 200 West African soldiers, mostly from Nigeria and Ivory ...

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

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 ...

Analysts and diplomats have supported Tinubu’s troop deployment to Benin, calling it essential to restore order and protect ...

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

Lieutenant Colonel Tigri Pascal was named by the group, which calls itself the Military Committee for Refoundation, as ...

Nigerian fighter jets carried out airstrikes to thwart a coup bid in Benin in which mutinying soldiers tried to seize ...

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