A socio-cultural organisation, Oodua Peoples Congress, has warned merchants of violence against crossing the Benin red lines, ...

Discover what the capital of Benin is. Learn why Cotonou is not the capital of Benin and read about its official capital, ...

Amid reports of gunfire and civilians scampering to safety in the economic capital, Cotonou, Beninese and others across the ...

Benin's opposition figure and former defence minister Candide Azannai was arrested on Friday in Cotonou, according to a ...

Foiled Sunday Coup It was on a Sunday morning, 7 December 2025 in the West African country of Benin when around 43-52% of ...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said all of its largest shareholders, including the United States, had ...

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

Some 30 people, most of them soldiers, have been jailed in Benin in connection with a failed coup attempt earlier this month, ...

Minority Caucus in Parliament has called on government to explain the rationale behind the deployment of Ghanaian soldiers to ...

According to several Beninese and Nigerien sources, the military authorities in Niamey were allegedly warned in advance of ...

The Republic of Niger was captured by Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani in 2023. These three countries exited the Economic Community ...

Richard Kumadoe, fraud and security analyst, has warned that the escape of Benin coup leader Lieutenant-Colonel Pascal Tigri ...