SEQUENCE OF EVENTS: How the Benin Republic coup broke out — and fizzled within 24 hours
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In partnership with Montreux Comedy, outgoing President Patrice Talon wants to develop the economic sector of humor. This will is part of a diverse and ambitious cultural policy. The first edition of the Cotonou Comedy Festival, held at the beginning of December, ended... on a funny coup d'étatSunday 7 December, 9am, Cotonou, Benin. At the breakfast buffet of the Hotel Azalaï, I hesitate between pancakes and pineapples. Some guests are tied up i…
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS: How the Benin Republic coup broke out — and fizzled within 24 hours
It started quietly in the early hours of Sunday, December 7, 2025, checks by WITHIN NIGERIA report. By 2am, a group of armed soldiers had arrived at the home of the director of the military cabinet to Benin’s president, Bertin Bada. That was the first sign of a brewing mutiny within the country’s armed forces. According to officials, the attack on Bada’s residence marked the opening act of a plan to unseat President Patrice Talon. Government sec…
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