Five people are lined up before Chantal Dagah’s newsstand in Benin Republic‘s economic capital, Cotonou, a sure sign of trouble. T ... »»»

The government of Benin confirmed on Monday that there had been "casualties on both sides" after an attempted coup was put down with the help of foreign military intervention at the weekend — but the leader of the putsch reportedly remains on the run. "The small group of soldiers who organized the »»»

Life limped back to normal on Friday in the capital of volatile Guinea-Bissau after the west African nation's fifth coup that came on the heels of presidential and parliamentary polls. The military appointed General Horta N'Tam, the army's chief of staff, as the country's new leader for a transitio»»»