Two men close to Benin's president were sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday following their arrest last year on suspicion of plotting a coup in the West African country. Olivier Boko ...

Two men close to Benin’s president were sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday, following their arrest last year on suspicions of plotting a coup in the small West African country.

Benin’s constitution limits the number of presidential ... In addition to the 20-year sentence, the court also ordered the three men to pay 60 billion CFA francs ($95 million) in damages to ...

COTONOU, Benin (AP) — Two men close to Benin’s president were sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday, following their arrest last year on suspicions of plotting a coup in the small West African ...

COTONOU, Benin (AP) — Two associates of Benin’s president have been sentenced to 20 years in prison, following their arrest last year on suspicion of plotting a coup in the small West African ...