Shido Boris Esperanca only lacked the right opportunity, and the Professional Fighters League seems to have provided it.

On December 7, the mutineers highlighted deep-seated problems within the institution, issues that soldiers had raised for ...

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

Benin President Patrice Talon said on Sunday that the West African nation's government and armed forces had thwarted a coup ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

COTONOU, Benin -- A group of soldiers has appeared on Benin ’s state TV announcing the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup, the latest of many in West Africa. The group, which called ...

Traffic in the Benin capital of Cotonou resumed on Monday following an attempted coup that shook the country a day earlier.