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 ...

Beninese Minister of Foreign Affairs Olushegun Adjadi Bakari on Tuesday extended the warmest New Year greetings to the Chinese government and people on behalf of the government and people of Benin.

The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service has apprehended 25 illegal immigrants working as farm labourers in ...

More than 120 Beninese military officers were killed between 2021 and December 2024, a diplomatic source told AFP news agency. Last month, gunmen killed three soldiers and wounded four others who ...

"What is evident is that Benin is now at war--a war waged by French imperialism through proxy jihadist forces," argues Damien Zinsou Degbe of Benin's Council of Patriotic Youth, which has organized ...

Mathias Azonnoudo, a 50-year-old farmer in Benin, was taking a break sitting on a large pile of freshly picked cotton, which the Beninese government hopes will feed the country’s nascent textile ...

Nearly 640 priests from Benin’s 10 dioceses met for the 50th General Assembly of the Union of Beninese Clergy (UCB), focusing on African priests’ evolving role and mission amid the continent’s growing ...

In June, seven Beninese troops were killed in an attack at the Pendjari National Park on the border with Burkina Faso. Beninese authorities, who rarely comment on attacks, reported in April 2023 ...