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

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

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

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

In 2024, Talon put two of his friends, Oliver Boko, a businessman and Oswald Homesky, former Sports Minister, on trial for an alleged plot to overthrow the government. They were sentenced to 20 years ...

President Patrice Talon condemns a failed coup in Benin after gunfire in Cotonou, as the army, backed by ECOWAS, restores ...

Patrice Talon has been trending on social media since Sunday, December 7. This is after he narrowly survived a dramatic and ...

Benin's interior minister on Sunday said that the army had thwarted an attempted coup by a group of soldiers. President ...

Guinea-Bissau’s president, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, was ousted last November without any help. He has since fled the ...

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

The mutinous soldiers appeared on the state's TV Sunday morning to announce removal of the president and the dissolution of ...

The coup attempt allegedly began in the early hours of Sunday, sources said, with an attack on President Patrice Talon’s ...