West Africa

• Benin is the latest African country to experience a coup. Here is a look at other military takeovers - Benin has joined a growing list of African countries where military officers have seized power since 2020. In a familiar scene across West Africa, a group of soldiers appeared on Benin ’s state TV on Sunday announcing the removal of Presid
• As Russia's Africa Corps fights in Mali, witnesses describe atrocities from beheadings to rapes - A new Russian military unit that replaced the Wagner mercenary group is carrying out abuses including rapes and beheadings as it teams up with Mali 's military to hunt down extremists, dozens of civilians who fled the fighting have told The