Benin's President Patrice Talon assures that the situation is under control after an attempted coup. At the same time, Nigeria has carried out airstrikes in Benin, and the West African Cooperation Organization Ecowas announces that soldiers from neighboring countries are being deployed.
ConflictsNigeria offers asylum to Guinea-Bissau opposition leader Fernando Dias da Costa.
World politicsGuinea-Bissau's ousted president Umaro Sissoco Embaló has fled to Congo-Brazzaville.
World politicsGuinea-Bissau is suspended from the decision-making bodies of the West African Economic and Social Council (Ecowas) following the coup d'état in the country.
WorldThe military in Guinea-Bissau has appointed a general as the country's new leader, a day after seizing power and halting the ongoing electoral process. President Umaro Sissoco Embaló is in Senegal, according to that country's foreign ministry.
World politicsMilitary commanders in Guinea-Bissau say they have taken full control of the country. Both the president and an opposition leader have reportedly been arrested.
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