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The Foreign Desk

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Explainer 497: The art of (stopping) the coup 

DEC 10, 20256 MIN
The Foreign Desk

Explainer 497: The art of (stopping) the coup 

DEC 10, 20256 MIN

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Benin has become the latest West African state to face a coup. Andrew Mueller explains how the region’s history of upheavals gave president Patrice Talon the tools to stop the attempt. 

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