US EditionWilfried Léandre Houngbedji: "Benin Has Broken the Putsch Chain"
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ENTERPRISES. The spokesman of the Beninese government goes back to the attempted coup d'état dejouee on Sunday in Cotonou. He sweeps the idea of an internal crisis in the weapon, defends the rise in power of the defence forces and explains himself on the technical support of France and Nigeria.
On the night of 6-7 December, mutiny soldiers tried to overthrow Benin's president, Patrice Talon. This attempted coup d'état was quickly defeated by the loyalist forces, thanks to external military aid. France gave its support to Cotonou, declared the Elysée in a statement published on Tuesday 9 December, reports TF1info. The situation in Benin "caused a strong concern of the President of the Republic who unequivocally condemned this attempt to…
Of the 12 member states remaining in ECOWAS, Benin is currently the most geostrategic in several respects. The country remains the continental territorial cordon that connects ECOWAS-Siege (Abuja) with the other 10 member countries. Also, a military junta in Dahomey would be courted very quickly by the AES Confederation, currently and actively in search of a precious sesame: an arm of the sea. To take everything, it was therefore a question of p…
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