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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Nigerian fighter jets carried out airstrikes to thwart a coup bid in Benin in which mutinying soldiers tried to seize ...

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 ...

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

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