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 ...

Nigeria dey legally allowed to help stop Benin coup?

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Soldiers in the West African country of Benin said on state television they had ousted the nation’s president and taken power ...