FILE - In this May 15, 2013 file photo, Benin President Thomas Yayi Boni addresses the media upon arrival for the Donor Conference for Development in Mali, in Brussels, Belgium. A surprise government ...

Considered for many years to be a testcase for democracy in West Africa, Benin has entered into a socio-political turbulence that could be detrimental to the consolidation of its democratic experiment ...

Former President John Agyekum Kufour has asked Ghanaians to ignore the glowing accolades given by the African Union (AU) President, Thomas Yayi Boni on the outcome of the December 2012 Presidential ...

Benin's former president Thomas Boni Yayi was in Togo Sunday having left effective house arrest in the country for health reasons, representatives said, as political crisis grips the nation following ...

The national voodoo holiday in the West African country of Benin had a distinctively political accent this year as practitioners from Africa and the Americas gathered on Sunday to offer prayers and ...

The allegations claim that Boni Yayi offered illegal assistance to an insurance company, which reportedly funded his campaign. (MFWA/IFEX) – On 3 August 2010, the Benin authorities, threatened both ...

Cotonou - A group of lawmakers in Benin wants President Boni Yayi impeached over his suspected involvement in a Ponzi scheme that has swindled thousands of people of their savings in the impoverished ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The party of President Thomas Boni Yayi, pictured with French President Francois Hollande in Paris, has won Benin's parliamentary ...

DAKAR — A budding protest movement has raised further concern about instability in the small West African nation of Benin, where officials say the president has been targeted in two separate coup ...

COTONOU, March 21 (Reuters) - Benin's highest law-making body said on Monday that President Boni Yayi won last weekend's presidential election with more than 53 percent of the vote, meaning he will ...

Benin’s former president Thomas Boni Yayi was in Togo Sunday having left effective house arrest in his homeland for health reasons, his representatives said, as political crisis grips the nation ...