LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Benin has joined a growing list of African countries where military officers have seized power since 2020. The military takeover lasted several hours on Sunday before officials ...

There is uneasy calm in Cotonou after Benin thwarted an attempted coup. The weekend incident has raised troubling questions: ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When Nadege Anelka first came to the West African country of Benin from her home island of Martinique, a French overseas territory in the Caribbean, the 57-year-old travel agent ...

Ancestral African art is a linchpin of identity and a source of inspiration to creatives across the continent. But an estimated 90% % of cultural artifacts still remain outside of Africa, according to ...

Benin's Interior Minister, Alassane Seidou, stated in a press release on Sunday that the country's armed forces had thwarted an attempted coup. “In the early morning of Sunday, December 7, 2025, a ...

Turkish Airlines’ Africa network now encompasses 39 destinations with the addition of Cotonou, Benin; the 26th country in Africa and one of 107 nations served across the globe. Turkish Airlines’ ...

Benin made significant strides in managing its economy over the past five years, but hard-won economic gains are at risk from a deteriorating regional security situation at its northern borders, COVID ...

The World Bank Country Office in Benin has launched the publication of a bi-annual report on the macroeconomic and political climate in Benin Benin’s growth rate is on the rise, boasting 5.4% in 2012, ...