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 ...

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

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West African country granting citizenship to descendants of ...

A coup that was announced in Benin has been “foiled,” the interior minister said Sunday in a video on Facebook, but there was no word from the president and sporadic gunshots were heard in parts of ...

This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 28 July 2023 Benin, formerly known as Dahomey, is one of Africa's more stable democracies. Benin's shore includes what used to be known as ...