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Benin’s government says it has thwarted a military coup attempt.

Interior Minister Alassane Seidou said loyalist troops regained control, with reports of 14 plotters arrested, though the coup leader’s status remains unclear.

The attempted coup follows a regional trend of military takeovers in West Africa, with ECOWAS condemning the “unconstitutional move.”

COTONOU, Benin — A coup that was announced in Benin has been “foiled,” the interior minister said Sunday in a video on Facebook, but there was no word from the president and sporadic gunshots were heard in parts of the administrative capital, Cotonou.

“In the early morning of Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, a small group of soldiers la

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