Benin's armed forces have suffered heavy losses in an attack on one of their most well-equipped positions in the north, where troops are trying to curb cross-border assaults by Islamist militants, the ...

The country then underwent a transition to civilian democratic rule which effectively commenced when Benin ratified the African Charter ... official documents, and locations they may judge useful ...

CHECK OUT: No Location Limits ... at the Beninese think tank Civic Academy for Africa's Future. Under sanctions imposed on Niger, Benin closed the border but has since reopened it.