The African Union “strongly and unequivocally” condemned an attempted military coup in Benin, it said in a statement Sunday that also urged soldiers to return to their barracks.
A group of soldiers announced on state television earlier Sunday that they had ousted Benin’s President Patrice Talon. But shortly afterwards, a source close to Talon told AFP the president was safe and condemned the coup plotters.
In the AU statement posted on X, Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf urged “all actors involved in the coup attempt to immediately cease all unlawful actions… and to return without delay to their legitimate barracks and professional obligations”. (AFP)
