COTONOU, Benin — A coup that was announced in Benin has been “foiled,” the interior minister said Sunday in a video on Facebook, but there was no word from the president and sporadic gunshots were heard in parts of the administrative capital,...
A coup that was announced in Benin on Sunday has been “foiled,” the country's interior minister said in a video on Facebook.
“In the early morning of Sunday, December 7, 2025, a small group of soldiers launched a mutiny with the aim of destabilising the...
A coup that was announced in Benin on Sunday has been “foiled”, the country’s interior minister has said.
In a video posted on Facebook, Alassane Seidou said: “In the early morning of Sunday December 7, 2025, a small group of soldiers launched a mutiny...
Following its independence from France in 1960, the West African nation witnessed multiple coups
A coup that was announced in Benin on Sunday has been “foiled,” the interior minister said in a video on Facebook.
“In the early morning of Sunday, Dec. 7,...
COTONOU, Benin (AP) — A coup that was announced in Benin on Sunday has been “foiled,” the interior minister said in a video on Facebook.
“In the early morning of Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, a small group of soldiers launched a mutiny with the aim of...
COTONOU, Benin (AP) — A coup that was announced in Benin on Sunday has been “foiled,” the interior minister said in a video on Facebook.
“In the early morning of Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, a small group of soldiers launched a mutiny with the aim of...
FILE - Benin's President Patrice Talon attends a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on May 23, 2024. Eraldo Peres/AP hide caption
FILE - Benin's President Patrice Talon attends...
A coup that was announced in Benin on Sunday has been “foiled,” the interior minister said in a video on Facebook.
Benin's president Patrice Talon, who came to power in 2016, is due to reach the end of his second term in 2026, the maximum allowed by the...
FILE - Benin's President Patrice Talon attends a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on May 23, 2024. (Eraldo Peres | AP)
COTONOU, Benin — A coup that was announced in Benin on...
Soldiers announce apparent military coup in Benin COTONOU, Benin
A long line of onion-laden trucks stands still in Cotonou following rumors of a possible coup in the country on December 7, 2025.
A group of soldiers has appeared on Benin ’s state TV...
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A group of soldiers has appeared on Benin’s state TV announcing the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup, the latest of many in West Africa.
The group,...
COTONOU, Benin — A group of soldiers has appeared on Benin's state TV announcing the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup, the latest of many in West Africa.
The group, which called itself the Military Committee for Refoundation, on Sunday...