Benin on edge after loyalist troops foil attempted coup
Africa • Dec 8, 2025, 4:37 AM
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A group of soldiers announced Sunday morning on Benin state television the dissolution of the government of President Patrice Talon in an apparent coup, which would have been the latest of many in West Africa. Later, Interior Minister Alassane Seidou said in a video on Facebook that the attempted coup had been “foiled". Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.
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