A scramble for power in West Africa kicked off 24 hours of gunbattles, betrayal, kidnapping and superstition.

A U.S. Army civil affairs team assigned to U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) recently completed a ...

COTONOU, March 6 (Reuters) - Militants killed 15 soldiers and wounded five more at a military camp in northern Benin, an army spokesperson said on Friday, as violence spreads in the West African ...

Benin President Patrice Talon on Sunday condemned an attempted coup that was foiled by the country's army in his first public comments since sporadic gunfire was heard in parts of the administrative ...

People take part in a boat parade on Lake Nokoue, north of Cotonou, Benin, March 7, 2026. A large boat parade was held Saturday afternoon in So-Ava, about 40 km north of Benin's economic capital ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cotonou, Benin – The Dantokpa market in Cotonou is once again a whirlwind of activity, just days after a failed bid to topple the ...

COTONOU – 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 punish them. Talon’s ...

COTONOU, Benin (AP) — Two associates of Benin’s president have been sentenced to 20 years in prison, following their arrest last year on suspicion of plotting a coup in the small West African country.

Long regarded as the economic heart of Cotonou and one of West Africa’s largest open-air markets, Dantokpa is giving way to a ...

One of the world’s top duty-free retailers, Lagardère Travel Retail, has tied up a deal to run the master concession at Benin’s Cotonou Cadjehoun International Airport, serving the biggest city in the ...