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

Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Patrice Talon spoke by phone while the coup attempt was still under way on Sunday 7 December.

France helped the authorities in Benin thwart a coup attempt at the weekend, an aide to President Emmanuel Macron said ...

The French president spoke with key regional leaders, while France provided assistance 'in terms of surveillance, observation ...

France provided intelligence and logistical support to Benin to help thwart Sunday's coup attempt in the former French colony ...

France provided intelligence and logistical support to Benin to help thwart a coup attempt. Benin's President and armed ...

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

Benin's government says it foiled a coup attempt by a group of soldiers who sought to "destabilize the state." ECOWAS has now deployed soldiers as President Patrice Talon says the situation is ...

France will provide military equipment to the French-speaking West African nation Benin to support its efforts to fight terrorism, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday. The French leader's pledge ...

France will return 26 works of art to Benin more than a century after it took them from the west African nation. President Emmanuel Macron ordered the pieces returned “without delay” to the former ...