This is the first time that officials have said how many foreign soldiers were deployed to help thwart the mutiny.

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

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

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

The leader of a failed coup in Benin has sought refuge in neighbouring Togo, a senior Benin government official told Reuters ...

Loyalist troops aided by Nigeria's air force foiled putsch, but confidence in nation's democratic stability is shaken.

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

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

The soldiers, calling themselves the Committee for Refoundation, stormed the national television station Sunday morning. Led ...

Benin's military was Monday searching for fugitive soldiers behind a foiled coup attempt on the weekend that left several ...

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