The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has deployed a regional standby force—backed heavily by Nigeria—to Benin Republic after a faction of soldiers attempted to overthrow President Patrice Talon in the early hours of Sunday. The swift regional response followed chaos in Porto-Novo and Cotonou when a small group of mutinous soldiers stormed the … Continue reading How Nigeria, ECOWAS Deployed Troops to Crush Coup Plotters in Benin Republic