In the past five years, Africa has experienced nine successful military coups in Burkina Faso, Gabon, Guinea, Mali, Niger, ...

A coup d'état, or simply a coup, is a sudden, violent, and unlawful seizure of power from a government. History has seen ...

Findings by the Afrobarometer research network, which has repeatedly polled tens of thousands of African citizens, provide ...

Military elements attempted to topple Benin’s government in early December 2025. However, unlike other coups across the Sahel ...

A spokesman said 14 members of the military had been arrested. The West African country’s president, who was not seen for ...

The apparent leader of a failed coup in Benin is on the run and the fate of hostages remains unclear a day after a group of ...

The resurgence of military coups across Africa since 2020 represents a troubling regression in the continent's democratic ...

At dawn on Oct. 25, President Ronald Reagan sent 7,600 troops, including two Army Ranger battalions, the 82nd Airborne, the ...

President Patrice Talon condemns a failed coup in Benin after gunfire in Cotonou, as the army, backed by ECOWAS, restores ...

Patrice Talon, a 67-year-old former businessman dubbed the 'cotton king of Cotonou', is due to hand over power in April next ...

Benin thwarted an attempted coup after loyalist forces, backed by Nigerian and regional troops, regained control. President ...

National Security Archive analysts have uncovered everything from CIA assassination plots of Fidel Castro to programs that ...