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

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

The coup that followed soon afterwards in Gabon, in August 2023, was similarly the product of local frustrations. In this ...

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 ...

Growing autocratic rule, a rise in jihadist attacks and a proliferation of coups in the Sahel contributed to the attempt by ...

The soldiers, calling themselves the Committee for Refoundation, stormed the national television station Sunday morning. Led ...

Springboks Cheslin Kolbe and Pieter-Steph du Toit star on Japanese returns, Manie Libbok debuts while Faf de Klerk suffers ...

Chabi Yayi, son of former Beninese President and opposition leader Thomas Boni Yayi, was arrested early Sunday at his ...

Benin's military was Monday searching for fugitive soldiers behind a foiled coup attempt on the weekend that left several ...

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