Soldiers attacked the residence of the Beninese president early Sunday morning. Patrice Talon is safe, according to those close to him, and the army is regaining control of the situation.

Benin jailed 30 people, mostly soldiers, after a failed coup against President Patrice Talon, with charges of treason, murder ...

Traffic in the Benin capital of Cotonou resumed on Monday following an attempted coup that shook the country a day earlier.

COTONOU, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Benin President Patrice Talon said on Sunday that the West African nation's government and armed forces had thwarted a coup attempt by a group of soldiers and vowed to ...

Benin President Patrice Talon has condemned an attempted coup that was foiled by the army in his first public comments since ...

Beninese President Patrice Talon played down the threat posed by plotters of an attempted coup this month and declared that ...

In response to Sunday’s coup attempt in the Republic of Benin, Catholic Bishops in the tiny West African country have made the defense of peace and unity a key priority.

Nigerian armed forces intervened in support of Benin’s defence and security forces to thwart the putsch attempt led by Lt. Col. Pascal Tigri. Why and how was this operation conducted?

The Government of the Republic of Benin has confirmed multiple deaths following a failed coup attempt over the weekend, including the wife of a top military official and the fatal wounding of the ...

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

The short-lived coup in Benin left “casualties on both sides” of the government forces and the mutinous soldiers, authorities said Monday, as security forces intensified the ...