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Benin: ECOWAS Deploys Forces After Foiled Coup Attempt

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Benin: ECOWAS Deploys Forces After Foiled Coup Attempt

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Above: Patrice Talon at the Benin House Museum in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, on May 25, 2024. Image credit: Rafaela Araújo and Rafaela Araújo/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

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Business Insider Guardian

The soldiers who declared Talon removed acted because democratic channels in Benin had collapsed. Years of shrinking political space, mistrust in electoral reforms, and rising frustration inside the ranks made a rupture inevitable. Their intervention framed itself as a correction to a leadership that ignored security and accountability. In this view, the broadcast on state TV was not treason but a last resort to reclaim sovereignty from an entrenched and unresponsive France-backed puppet regime.

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Metaculus Prediction

There's a 74% chance that there will be a successful coup in Africa or Latin America before March 1, 2026, according to the Metaculus prediction community.