Benin forces have suffered heavy losses in an attack near the border with insurgency-hit Niger and Burkina Faso, authorities have said. Colonel Faizou Gomina, the national guard's chief of staff ...

A weekend attack killed six Beninese soldiers with the army having “neutralised” 17 unnamed assailants in response, a military source said on Monday. Observers are increasingly worried about ...

Age-old storytelling traditions are being revived in the West African nation to teach children and teens timeless African ...

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To replace the France-Benin General Partnership Framework 2018-2021, the French Embassy in Cotonou drew up, in close collaboration with civil society and the Beninese authorities, a “country strategy” ...

Beninese historian Professor Didier Houenoude, an expert on art looted during slavery and colonization, believes that the resolution could strengthen Africa's position in international negotiations on ...