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 ...

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

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

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 ...

A message from the French embassy in Benin said gunfire had been reported near the residence of the president.

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

Soldiers calling themselves the “Military Committee for Refoundation” (CMR), said on state television that they had met and ...

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 ...