Lt Col. Pascal Tigri, the officer at the center of Benin’s failed coup, has been declared wanted by the country’s authorities ...

Benin's economic capital Cotonou was mostly calm on Monday as the country's armed forces hunted fugitive soldiers who staged ...

BENIN President Patrice Talon condemned on Sunday an attempted coup that was foiled by the country’s army.A group of soldiers ...

Benin Republic has declared Lt Col. Pascal Tigri and two other soldiers wanted over a failed coup in the West African country ...

Two senior military officials taken hostage during Sunday's attempted coup in Benin have been freed, a government source has ...

On Sunday, 7 December, Benin’s Interior Minister, Alassane Seidou, announced on national Television that a coup attempt ...

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Yousouf, has strongly condemned the 7 December attempted coup in Benin, describing it as a grave violation of AU principles and a case of ...

The coup attempt follows a spate of military takeovers in west Africa, including in Benin's northern neighbors Niger and Burkina Faso, as well as Mali, Guinea and, last month, Guinea-Bissau.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has sanctioned the immediate deployment of its Standby Force ...

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

A group of soldiers had appeared on Benin‘s state TV Sunday to announce the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup ...