President of Benin Patrice Talon arrives to meet the French President Emmanuel Macron for a working lunch at the Elysee Palace in Paris on March 7, 2023 in Paris, France.
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Benin Says it Has Thwarted a Planned Coup
Two politicians and a high-ranking army officer have been arrested in relation to the aborted coup plot, but supporters of the politicians have condemned their arrests as “a serious violation of fundamental rights.”
