Africa

• Benin Coup Attempt to Oust Talon Has Been Foiled, Interior Minister Says - The country’s interior minister said the situation was under control after a “small group of soldiers launched a mutiny,” but the president had yet to make a public statement.
• Spain Sees Itself as a Beacon for Immigrants. So Do Many Latin Americans. - The government presents its migrant policy as a welcoming alternative to U.S. crackdowns. But activists say those arriving on boats from Africa are excluded from that embrace.
• South Africans Were Promised Job, but Ended Up ‘Going to War’ for Russia - The South African government is investigating how more than a dozen men unwittingly ended up on the front line in Russia’s war on Ukraine.