Benin’s President Patrice Talon says the government and armed forces have thwarted an attempted coup in the West African nation and promised to punish those responsible. Talon’s announcement, aired on ...

Two Nigerian Air Force jets intervened in the skies over Cotonou on Sunday afternoon, conducting several airstrikes. This unprecedented move from Benin's neighbour proved decisive in the swift defeat ...

For a few precarious hours on Sunday, Benin appeared on the brink of succumbing to the epidemic of putsches that has reshaped West Africa. A decade after neighbouring Burkina Faso witnessed the ...

COTONOU, Bénin — Two men close to Benin's president who were arrested last week on suspicions of plotting a coup in the small West African country were remanded in custody ahead of their trial, one of ...

Benin’s President Patrice Talon has thanked army leaders for helping to defeat an attempted military coup in the West African nation. He also vowed that the mutineers would be punished. On Sunday ...

Benin’s government Sunday reasserted control after a coup attempt against President Patrice Talon. Eight soldiers calling themselves the Military Committee for Refoundation appeared on state ...

COTONOU – Benin President Patrice Talon said on Sunday that the West African nation’s government and armed forces had thwarted a coup attempt by a group of soldiers and vowed to punish them. Talon’s ...

Benin President Patrice Talon on Sunday condemned an attempted coup that was foiled by the country's army in his first public comments since sporadic gunfire was heard in parts of the administrative ...

Benin's President Patrice Talon attends a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday ...

COTONOU, Bénin (AP) — Two men close to Benin’s president who were arrested last week on suspicions of plotting a coup in the small West African country were remanded in custody ahead of their trial, ...