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Apparent coup attempt in Benin, govt claims army has situation 'under control' (www.france24.com)

submitted 3 months ago by potatoguy@lemmy.eco.br to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Isn't "the army having everything under control" what a coup is?

[–] potatoguy@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 3 months ago

From what I understood, some soldiers took over the tv stations and said they were making a coup. The other parts of the army sent them to jail.