West Africa: ECOWAS To Deploy Troops to Benin Following Failed Coup Attempt

The Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, announced the immediate deployment of a standby force comprising troops from Nigeria, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone to Benin following a failed Dec. 7 coup attempt against President Patrice Talon, Jeune Afrique reported on Dec. 8....