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

COTONOU, Benin — A coup that was announced in Benin has been “foiled,” the interior minister said Sunday in a video on ...

Benin’s President Patrice Talon has thanked army leaders for helping to defeat an attempted military coup in the West African ...

Before Talon came to power in April 2016, Benin was widely recognised for its peaceful transfers of power, a dispensation ...

Benin's president said Sunday that the "situation is completely under control" in his country after the government thwarted ...

Military personnel in Benin on Sunday announced that they had ousted President Patrice Talon, although his entourage said he ...

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

At the request of Talon's government, Nigeria sent air force fighter jets to take over Benin's airspace to help dislodge the ...

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

Benin President Patrice Talon said on Sunday that the West African nation's government and armed forces had thwarted a coup ...

Benin President Patrice Talon has condemned an attempted coup that was foiled by the army in his first public comments since sporadic gunfire was heard in parts of the administrative capital, Cotonou.

President Talon says situation under control after soldiers went on state TV saying he had been removed from power.