US EditionBenin coup leader’s location and fate of hostages unknown after failed takeover
Nigerian jets and troops helped Benin's government suppress a coup attempt by mutinying soldiers citing grievances over security and governance, with 14 arrested, officials said.
- On Sunday, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu confirmed deploying fighter jets and ground troops to Benin to foil a coup attempt, ordering jets to `take over the airspace` after Benin requested help.
- Mutineers briefly took control of state TV network and gunfire rang out in Cotonou, Benin's commercial hub, while authorities arrested 14 people, mostly serving soldiers, as of Sunday afternoon.
- ECOWAS announced an immediate standby-force deployment from Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, and Ghana, and Benin's government said forces recaptured positions and cleared resistance.
- Regional analysts warned the incident heightened threats to democratic governance as the unrest represented the latest threat in a region with recent military seizures, and it remained unclear whether Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri had been apprehended.
- In recent days and recent months, critics say Benin's reforms, including a new constitution creating a Senate and extending the presidential term, are a power grab amid opposition setbacks before the April election.
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On Tuesday, France claimed to have supported "in terms of surveillance, observation and logistical support" the army of Benin, at the request of Cotonou and in coordination with the West African bloc, in order to defeat a putsch four months before the next presidential election. West Africa is particularly shaken by political instability, with several coups d'état perpetrated since the beginning of the decade, in the Sahel, Guinea and recently i…
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ethiopianmonitor.comBenin’s Armed Forces Foil Attempted Mutiny, Says Interior Minister
Cotonou, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — Benin’s armed forces have foiled an attempted mutiny aimed at destabilizing the state and its institutions, Minister of Interior and Public Security Alassane Seidou said in a statement on Sunday. Seidou made the remarks after a group of soldiers announced earlier in the day on state broadcaster Benin TV that President Patrice Talon had been “removed from office.” According to the minister, the armed forces and their co…
Nigeria carried out airstrikes in Benin on Sunday to help thwart an ongoing coup attempt, the Benin government said today.
Nigerian airstrikes helped foil coup bid, Benin says
COTONOU, Dec 8 - Nigerian fighter jets carried out airstrikes to thwart a coup bid in Benin in which mutinying soldiers tried to seize President Patrice Talon, according to an account provided by Benin's government on Monday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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