Sources: Reuters
Two soldiers are killed by an improvised explosive device while riding a motorcycle in Karimama, Alibori, Benin. 2023-12-12
At least 22 people are killed and 21 injured when a bus crashes near Dassa-Zoumé, Collines Department, Benin. 2023-01-29
Five soldiers are killed and several others are injured after a landmine planted by Islamic extremists explodes in Northern Pendjari National Park, Benin. 2022-04-12
A court in Benin sentences opposition leader Reckya Madougou to 20 years in prison after finding her guilty of "financing terrorism". The case has been highly controversial, with a judge in the case fleeing to France and denouncing the case as "entirely politically motivated". 2021-12-11
Benin receives a shipment of 144,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from India through the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative. 2021-03-11
Benin, Liberia, Somalia and Tanzania report their first confirmed cases of COVID-19. 2020-03-16
Voters in Benin go to the polls for the first round of voting in a presidential election with 33 candidates vying to replace current President Thomas Yayi Boni. 2016-03-6
Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Benin, and Chad join together to combat Boko Haram. 2014-05-17
The leaders of Benin, Cape Verde and Sierra Leone arrive in Côte d'Ivoire to urge Laurent Gbagbo to resign as President. 2010-12-28