Benin interior minister says military coup attempt foiled by loyalist troops

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Benin interior minister says military coup attempt foiled by loyalist troops  Benin’s interior minister said a coup plot, announced by a group of soldiers on state-run television earlier on Sunday, has been foiled. Benin is the latest in a string of coups plotted across west Africa over the past few weeks.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/12/07/benin-interior-minister-says-military-coup-attempt-foiled-by-loyalist-troops  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00The Interior Minister of the West African Nation of Benin has said that a military coup,

00:06initially announced on Sunday morning by a group of soldiers on state TV as successful,

00:11was foiled on the same day.

00:30The group, which called itself the Military Committee for Refoundation,

00:45appointed Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigre as president of the Military Committee.

00:50Benin's president, Patrice Talon, has been in power since 2016

00:54and is due to step down next April after the presidential election.

00:58The attempt is the latest in a series of military takeovers to rock West Africa over the last few weeks.

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