Sources: Reuters
Two soldiers are killed by an improvised explosive device while riding a motorcycle in Karimama, Alibori, Benin. 2023-12-12
French forces launch an airstrike on a jihadist camp in southern Burkina Faso, near the border with Benin, killing 40 combatants. The attack was a retaliation for the massacre of nine people (including a Frenchman) in Benin's W National Park earlier that week. 2022-02-12
Eight people, including five park rangers and a soldier are killed by land mines in the W National Park in Benin. 2022-02-8
Two soldiers are killed and others are wounded during an attack at a security post by Islamic extremists in Porga, Benin. It is the second confirmed Islamic extremist attack in the country's history. 2021-12-1
The Benin National Assembly votes to legalize abortion within the first three months of pregnancy if it is likely to "aggravate or cause material, educational, professional or moral distress" or is "incompatible with the woman or the unborn child's interest", becoming one of the few countries in Africa to authorize abortions. 2021-10-21
Benin, Liberia, Somalia and Tanzania report their first confirmed cases of COVID-19. 2020-03-16
Voting for the second round of Benin's election begins with current President Thomas Boni Yayi stepping down after completing two terms. 2016-03-20
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
Leaders of the African Union meet in Benin to discuss a resolution of the leadership crisis after deadlocked elections in January. 2012-03-17
More than half of politicians in Benin call for impeachment proceedings against President Boni Yayi over his involvement in a Ponzi scheme. 2010-08-20