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 a televised speech issued this Sunday afternoon, the President of Benin, Patrice Talon, ended the attempted coup d’état recorded in the morning hours in the African country and promised that his executors, still on the run, will respond to justice. “The situation is totally under control,” Talon declared from the presidential palace of Cotonou before ensuring that “this adventure will not go unpunished” after “a group of military personnel, u…
Benin president says coup attempt has been thwarted
A coup attempt in Benin was brought under control after a group of soldiers staged a mutiny and attempted to seize power, according to officials. President Patrice Talon said the situation was brought under control after security forces retook key positions in the West African nation. Gunfire was first reported early Sunday in several neighborhoods of Cotonou, the country’s largest city, where soldiers later appeared on state television to claim…
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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