Beninβs government announced Sunday that its armed forces stopped a coup attempt after a group of soldiers appeared on state television claiming they had taken control of the country.
The attempted coup was the latest threat to democratic rule in the region, where militaries have in recent years seized power in Benin's neighbors Niger and Burkina Faso, as well as in Mali, Guinea and, only last month, Guinea-Bissau.
At least eight soldiers, several holding weapons, went on state television on Sunday morning to announce that a military committee led by Colonel Tigri Pascal had taken over a
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