The Benin Republic presidency says that President Patrice Talon is safe and the army is regaining control from the coup plotters.
This comes shortly after a group of military personnel in Benin on Sunday announced that they had ousted President Patrice Talon, who is due to step down next April after 10 years in power.
Soldiers calling themselves the “Military Committee for Refoundation” (CMR), said on state television that they had met and decided that “Mr Patrice Talon is removed from office as president of the republic”.
The French Embassy said on X that “gunfire was reported at Camp Guezo” near the president’s official residence. It urged French citizens to remain indoors for security.
However, according to AFP, the president’s office said Mr Talon is safe and that the army is regaining control.
“This is a small group of people who only control the television.
“The regular army is regaining control. The city and the country are completely secure,” the agency quoted the Benin presidency as saying.
This coup is the latest in West Africa, coming a few days after the military takeover of the government in Guinea-Bissau.
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