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 ...

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

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 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 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 ...

French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that his country will return 26 African artworks — royal thrones, ceremonial altars, revered statues — to Benin later this month, part of France’s ...

COTONOU – French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday pledged security cooperation and support to Benin as it fights rising threats of extremism, as well as investments in education and a cultural ...