A senior government official in Benin has told the BBC that the leader of Sunday's failed coup is taking refuge in ...

The coup that followed soon afterwards in Gabon, in August 2023, was similarly the product of local frustrations. In this ...

The alleged leader of a failed coup in Benin has sought refuge in neighbouring Togo, two Beninese government officials told ...

Two senior military officials taken hostage during Sunday's attempted coup in Benin have been freed, a government source has ...

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

A group of soldiers appeared on Benin's state TV and announced the removal of the president and all state institutions.

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 ...

Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The government of Benin said Sunday that it had foiled a coup attempt by members of its military. President ...

Like its neighbor Mali, Burkina Faso also witnessed two successive coups. In January 2022, Roch Kaboré was ousted by Lt. Col.

A spokesman said 14 members of the military had been arrested. The West African country’s president, who was not seen for ...

ABUJA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Nigeria's ‌Senate ​on Tuesday gave ‌its approval for President Bola Tinubu's deployment of ​troops ...

Nigeria’s military sent fighter jets and ground forces into neighboring Benin to support President Patrice Talon, after a ...