French special forces provided support to Beninese troops who put down an attempted coup at the weekend, the head of the country's republican guard told AFP on Wednesday. "French special forces were ...

Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Patrice Talon spoke by phone while the coup attempt was still under way on Sunday 7 December.

A senior government official in Benin has told the BBC that the leader of Sunday's failed coup is taking refuge in ...

A BRITISH soldier has been killed in a “tragic accident” while watching local troops train with new weapons in Ukraine, the ...

Pascal Tigri fled to Togo after a failed coup in Benin. President Talon stayed in power with support from Nigerian forces, ...

What Le Monde called "France's secret war in Libya" involved occasional targeted strikes against leaders of the ultra-radical Islamist group, prepared by discreet action on the ground, to try to slow ...

FILE - Ivorian special forces soldiers conduct an urban reconnaissance exercise under the supervision of French special forces during the annual US. Military led counterterrorism training known as ...

YAOUNDE (Reuters) - French special forces have arrived in northern Cameroon to help locate a French family who were kidnapped on Tuesday and moved to Nigeria, a local governor said on Wednesday. The ...

Finished in ‘special forces black', the NH90 FS/Standard 2 for the French Army is now in a flight-test campaign that will run through to the end of 2024. (Airbus) Airbus Helicopters has commenced the ...

PARIS (Reuters) - French special forces are present on the ground in Yemen with forces from the United Arab Emirates, French newspaper Le Figaro reported on Saturday, citing two military sources. The ...