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Benin Jails 30 People with Links to Thwarted Coup Attempt, Legal Sources Say
Around 30 suspects, mostly soldiers, face charges including treason and murder after a failed coup attempt was suppressed with help from Nigerian and French forces.
- On Tuesday, Benin jailed around 30 people, most of them soldiers, over links to a thwarted coup earlier this month after they appeared before a special prosecutor in Cotonou.
- On December 7, 2025, mutinous soldiers appeared on national television to announce President Patrice Talon had been deposed, but loyalist forces, aided by the Nigerian air force and French special forces, swiftly defeated the coup.
- Casualties and a manhunt followed the attempted putsch, with several killed and lieutenant‑colonel Pascal Tigri and mutinous soldiers still at large; suspects face charges of "treason", "murder" and "endangering state security".
- A heavy security deployment surrounded the court in Cotonou, an AFP journalist reported, while Chabi Yayi, son of former president Thomas Boni Yayi, was questioned and released Monday but remains under prosecution.
- President Patrice Talon, who is due to hand over power in April, is hailed for spurring economic growth but accused of authoritarianism as Benin faces jihadist violence in the north.
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republicain-lorrain.frSome 30 people were presented Monday to the Special Prosecutor of the Court for the Suppression of Economic Crimes and Terrorism (Criet) in Cotonou, and were then placed under a warrant of custody on Tuesday after their hearing.
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