This is the first time that officials have said how many foreign soldiers were deployed to help thwart the mutiny.
By Robbie Corey-Boulet DAKAR, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The alleged leader of a failed coup in Benin has sought refuge in ...
By MacDonald Dzirutwe, Robbie Corey-Boulet and Pulcherie Adjoha COTONOU, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Nigerian fighter jets carried out ...
The soldiers, calling themselves the Committee for Refoundation, stormed the national television station Sunday morning. Led ...
Plotters misjudged the national mood and Benin's neighbours learnt from past errors, says analyst Paul Melly.
Chabi Yayi, son of former Beninese President and opposition leader Thomas Boni Yayi, was arrested early Sunday at his ...
Military elements attempted to topple Benin’s government in early December 2025. However, unlike other coups across the Sahel ...
A message from the French embassy in Benin said gunfire had been reported near the residence of the president.
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Benin hunts soldiers behind failed coup
Coup leader Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri is on the run, while the others are believed to have escaped into the countryside ...
Nigeria sent fighter jets to help oust the mutineers from the national broadcaster and a military camp.
President Bola Tinubu is attending the 68th Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and ...
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