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Apparent coup attempt in Benin, govt claims army has situation 'under control'

West Africa's ECOWAS bloc deploys standby force to Benin in response to coup attempt

A group of soldiers on Sunday appeared on Benin's state television claiming to have removed President Patrice Talon from office and dissolved all state institutions. Talon's office, meanwhile, said that loyalist forces had managed to get the situation "under control".

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