Some English is also spoken. There is an additional charge for calls made from a coin box. Operators include Libercom, Spacetel-Benin and Telecel Benin . Handsets can be hired locally. Public access is available in Cotonou.
Airmail takes three to five days to reach Europe.
Surface mail letters or parcels take from six to eight weeks. There are good poste restante facilities at most main post offices. Exclusively in French. The fortnightly Journal Officiel de la R publique du B nin is issued by the government information bureau. La Nation is the daily official newspaper.