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A vendor arranges newspapers on a stall in Cotonou, on December 8, 2025. Benin's president said the "situation is completely under control" after the government thwarted an attempted coup. [AFP]
Some 200 Nigerian and Ivorian troops are in Benin as part of a security mission supporting the government after a weekend coup attempt, the country's foreign minister said Thursday.
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