Benin

Fire in Commercial Building South of Benin’s Capital Kills at Least 35 People

A fire in a commercial building south of Benin’s capital has killed at least 35 people, authorities said, as they started an investigation. The gutted and burned ruins of a ...

September 24, 2023BY The Associated Press
Killings Reported in Benin’s North

COTONOU, Benin—An attack by unidentified armed persons in the north of the small West African nation of Benin ...

May 7, 2023BY The Associated Press
Attacks in North Benin Park Kill 8 Including French Citizen

COTONOU, Benin—Attacks by suspected Islamic extremists in northern Benin have killed at least eight people, including army soldiers, ...

February 12, 2022BY The Associated Press
In Europe as in Africa, Tired Countries Draft in Their Leaders From Abroad

Africa's outsider leaders may have good ideas, but as in Croatia, the execution of those ideas is the ...

January 4, 2016BY Stephen Chan