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The secrets behind a lightning putsch attempt

Benin president Patrick Talon's security advisers, who pleaded against confining the population to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, are the ones who, last month, ordered 20 or so arrests to respond to a plot…which was hatched in less than three weeks. [...]
Published on 15.04.2020 at 03:30 GMT Reading time 2 minutes
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In the police and the army, Talon turns to his tried and trusted old guard

Lacking a successor to the post of director of police following a passports of convenience scandal, Patrice Talon has reappointed General Yaya as head of the organisation for two years. The Beninese head of state also promoted his former military chief of staff Bertin Dada, who played a pivotal role in the police crackdown just ahead the presidential election last year.

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