Benin, a model for democracy in West Africa, experienced an unsettling coup attempt. With elections set for April 2026, an ...

Soldiers in Benin claimed to take control of the government as the nation prepared for an April presidential election. This ...

Earlier, a group of soldiers had appeared on Benin 's state TV Sunday to announce the dissolution of the government in an ...

Like its neighbor Mali, Burkina Faso also witnessed two successive coups. In January 2022, Roch Kaboré was ousted by Lt. Col.

COTONOU: Benin held an election on Sunday to choose a successor to President Thomas Boni Yayi who is stepping down after two terms, leaving 33 candidates to vie for power in the small West African ...

Members of the Episcopal Conference of Benin (CEB) have appealed for calm ahead of the West African country’s 2026 general elections. In a statement issued at the end of their four-day plenary ...

COTONOU, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Voters in Benin went to the polls on Sunday for a parliamentary election seen as a test of democracy as opposition parties are back on the ballot after boycotting or being ...

On 11 January 2023, Benin's Autonomous National Electoral Commission (Commission Électorale Nationale Autonome: CENA) announced the preliminary results of the 2023 parliamentary election that was held ...

President Patrice Talon of Benin arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Nov. 9, 2021 (AP photo by Michel Euler). Benin was once regarded as one of West Africa’s “beacons of democracy.” But the ...