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

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

Soldiers attacked the residence of the Beninese president early Sunday morning. Patrice Talon is safe, according to those ...

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 ...

When gunfire echoed through Cotonou, Benin, last Sunday and a small group of soldiers appeared on national TV claiming to ...

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

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

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

Guest Column - A decade of constitutional engineering, regional destabilization, and cross-border repression under President ...

The government of Benin says it has foiled an attempted coup by members of the West African nation's armed forces. "The ...

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

Benin President Patrice Talon on Sunday condemned an attempted coup that was foiled by the country’s army in his first public ...