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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

The coup attempt against Patrice Talon was thwarted with Nigerian military support, theoretical under the aegis of ECOWAS. It ...

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

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