Sadio Mané again got the better of his former teammate Mohamed Salah by firing Senegal into the final of the Africa Cup of ...

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Venezuela’s new leader faces a perilous path as she seeks to respond to lofty demands from the Trump administration without ...

Although he was the victim of an attempted military coup, Benin’s president has not lost his faith in the armed forces.

The election has been held under a new constitution that revokes a ban on military leaders running for office. The change ...

Guinea’s Supreme Court has upheld the election victory of junta leader Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya. The Dec. 28 vote was the ...

American allies including France objected to the military incursion into a sovereign state and the capture of the Venezuelan ...

Hugo Chavez assumed Venezuela's presidency in 1999 on a populist platform. But critics say three terms under his "socialist revolution" have made the country increasingly resemble an authoritarian ...

A short-lived coup in Benin left “casualties on both sides” of the government forces and the mutinous soldiers, authorities said on Monday, as security forces intensified the search for the coup ...

France provided logistical support and surveillance assistance to help the West African state of Benin thwart a coup attempt that was foiled at the weekend, an aide to President Emmanuel Macron said ...

Plotters misjudged the national mood and Benin's neighbours learnt from past errors Had last week's coup attempt in Benin been successful, it would have become the ninth to take hold in the region in ...

Benin’s government on Sunday (December 7, 2025) said it had thwarted an attempted coup, after a group of soldiers announced on State television that they had ousted President Patrice Talon. Military ...