One month after an attempted coup shook Benin, the west African country will hold parliamentary and local elections Sunday, set to define the political landscape...
Former Benin defence minister and leading opposition figure, Candide Azannai, has been remanded in pre-trial detention in connection with investigations into the failed coup attempt that...
Benin jailed on Tuesday around 30 people, most of them soldiers, accused of links to a thwarted coup attempt this month, legal sources told AFP,...
West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Sunday threatened “targeted sanctions” on anyone obstructing Guinea-Bissau’s return to civilian rule following last month’s coup. The announcement came...
Chabi Yayi, son of former Beninese president and current opposition figure Thomas Boni Yayi, was arrested early Sunday at his home, according to several of...
The African Action Congress, AAC, has criticised the Bola Tinubu-led administration over its decision to launch a military operation against fleeing coup plotters in the Benin...
The President of Benin Republic, Patrice Talon, has spoken for the first time since an attempted coup on Sunday. Speaking on national television, Talon assured citizens...
Around a dozen soldiers have been arrested in Benin following an attempted coup, including the ringleaders of the foiled operation, military and security sources told AFP...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has strongly condemned the attempted military take-over in the Republic of Benin. Military personnel in Benin on...
Military officers in Guinea-Bissau announced Wednesday they were taking “total control” of the country while suspending its electoral process and closing its borders, three days after...