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

Far from merely being an internal event, the Benin coup attempt briefly placed the geopolitics of the entire region under a ...

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

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

Loyalist troops aided by Nigeria’s air force foiled putsch, but confidence in nation’s democratic stability is shaken.

Military rulers in west Africa's Sahel region may well have celebrated had a recent coup attempt in Benin resulted in another ...

After a series of coups undermined France's position in West Africa, Emmanuel Macron opted for a light but symbolic ...

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

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 ...

The failed coup attempt in the Benin Republic is far more than an isolated disturbance in West Africa. It is a political ...

Benin arrive at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco looking to turn 2026 World Cup qualification heartbreak into a ...

However, eight players who already featured at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt (June 21 to July 19, 2019) have made ...