The Beninese authorities are actively seeking the arrest of the lieutenant colonel who led a mutiny on the night of December ...

The coup in Benin is too close to home. Such is the contiguity between Benin and Nigeria that its former President Thomas Boni Yayi used to refer to the Republic of Benin as Nigeria’s 37th state and ...

Benin says it has thwarted an attempted military takeover after soldiers briefly appeared on state TV claiming to dissolve ...

France has confirmed it provided surveillance, observation and logistical backing to Benin’s armed forces during the ...

The authorities in Benin Republic have arrested Chabi Yayi, the son of former Beninese president, Thomas Boni Yayi, in his ...

Here is everything you need to know about the latest military coup attempt in Benin that President Patrice Talon claimed has ...

Benin, a model for democracy in West Africa, experienced an unsettling coup attempt. With elections set for April 2026, an ...

Benin Republic’s President Patrice Talon, on Sunday, vowed that the perpetrators of the failed coup attempt will not go ...

A military coup attempt was reported but thwarted, with Benin President Talon reportedly safe despite soldiers' claims of his ...

An imposing cowrie, poking out of a calabash, looks as if it is flying for a brief moment. After being removed from the façade of a house by a small crane, the imposing sculpture is placed on the bed ...

Businessman Patrice Talon won the second round of Benin's presidential election, his adversary and incumbent Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou told AFP before the release of official results. "The ...

COTONOU, Benin (Reuters) - Benin's President Patrice Talon, who previously vowed to serve only one term, enters Sunday's election a heavy favourite to win five more years in office amid criticism he ...