Benin government assesses situation after thwarted coup

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Benin government assesses situation after thwarted coup   The short-lived coup in Benin left “casualties on both sides” of the government forces and the mutinous soldiers, authorities said Monday, as security forces intensified the search for the coup leader who was on the run.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/12/09/benin-government-assesses-situation-after-thwarted-coup  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Two days after the thwarted military coup, Benin's authorities are turning to the hunt for the coup leader.

00:09In a statement, the government noted that the attempt to overthrow President Petrice Talon had left casualties on both sides.

00:17The government secretary said that security forces were currently looking for the coup leader, Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigray,

00:24and that several arrests had also been made.

00:27The statement also confirmed the involvement of Nigerian and Ivorian troops in helping thwart the coup.

00:33The regional bloc ECOWAS and Nigeria had sent a standby force to Benin,

00:38and President Talon reportedly requested help from Nigeria during the events on Sunday.

00:43This firm response is however inconsistent with ECOWAS reactions regarding other coups in the region in recent years, according to analysts.

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