Like its neighbor Mali, Burkina Faso also witnessed two successive coups. In January 2022, Roch Kaboré was ousted by Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Damiba. In September, Capt. Ibrahim Traoré, the head of an ...

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.

A group of soldiers appeared on Benin's state TV and announced the removal of the president and all state institutions.

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 search for the coup leader ...

A military coup attempt was reported but thwarted, with Benin President Talon reportedly safe despite soldiers' claims of his ousting.

Far from merely being an internal event, the Benin coup attempt briefly placed the geopolitics of the entire region under a ...

A spokesman said 14 members of the military had been arrested. The West African country’s president, who was not seen for hours, appeared on television Sunday night and said the coup plot would “not ...

A coup unfolded in West Africa's Benin, as soldiers stormed a live TV news broadcast to declare President Patrice Talon had been dismissed from power. The military announced it has suspended the ...

Benin has quietly built a reputation at the Africa Cup of Nations, marked by a breakthrough achievement that forever changed ...

Benin arrive at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco looking to turn 2026 World Cup qualification heartbreak into a ...

Benin striker Tosin Aiyegun is hopeful of a deep run in the upcoming 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), which kicks off this ...

Here are the five players to watch in DRC vs Benin: A symbol of DRC’s resurgence during the recent World Cup 2025 qualifying play-offs, Chancel Mbemba is expected to shore up the Leopards’ defense and ...