US EditionBenin Says Coup Attempt Foiled After Soldiers Seize State TV
Benin's Interior Minister said loyalist troops quickly ended a mutiny by about a dozen soldiers who seized state TV to declare government dissolution, with 13 arrests made.
- The president of Benin, Patrice Talon, condemned a foiled coup bid by mutinous soldiers and said the situation is 'under control' as the mutineers are 'fleeing'.
- ECOWAS troops from Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Sierra Leone will be deployed to Benin to 'preserve constitutional order and the territorial integrity' of the country.
- President Talon assured the public to 'calmly go about your activities' as 'security and public order will be maintained throughout the national territory'.
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In the wake of an attempt to putsch that the Cotonou authorities claimed to have foiled, the situation in the country remains "volatile", according to French diplomacy, while troops from the
Why Coups Are Unsettling West Africa
Political analysts, diplomats and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have identified bad governance, sit-tight syndrome, among others, as the reasons for the rising spate of coups in the West African sub-region. This followed the attempted coup in the Republic of Benin on Sunday, which threatened to throw the country into chaos. Benin’s government said it had thwarted the attempted coup, after a group of soldiers announced on state television th…
Benin soldiers announce on state TV apparent military coup
A group of soldiers had appeared on live TV early on Sunday, declaring they had suspended the constitution and taken over because of multiple failures by President Patrice Talon and his government. President Talon later condemned the attempted coup, which was foiled by the country’s army.
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