Equatorial Benin on fire: General Bokassa's coup d'etat

General Bokassa image prepared by AFV Night of Terror in the capital of Equatorial Benin. General Francisco Macías Bokassa's troops stormed the presidential palace, forcibly overthrowing the government of President Hailé Mariàm Mugabe, the first democratically elected leader in the country's history. A lightning assault, the president on the run? The coup was preceded by the occupation of RTNB state television, from which a pre-recorded message …