US EditionBenin Says Coup Attempt Foiled After Soldiers Seize State TV
- 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 West African Benin government reports a coup attempt has been thwarted.
Benin’s president condemns foiled coup bid, says mutineers ‘fleeing’
Benin President Patrice Talon on Sunday condemned an attempted coup that was foiled by the country’s army in his first public comments since sporadic gunfire was heard in parts of the administrative capital, Cotonou.
"The situation is totally under control," said Beninese President Patrice Talon on Sunday night on national television, after an attempt at a coup d'état in the morning, which the authorities announced they had foiled. ...
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Benin government says has 'foiled' coup attempt
Benin's government said Sunday the government had thwarted an attempted coup, just hours after a group of soldiers announced on state television that they had ousted President Patrice Talon.
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