Benin military group announces 'removing President Talon from office'

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7 December 2025 | 9:03

Soldiers calling themselves the 'Military Committee for Refoundation' (CMR), said on state television that they had met and decided that 'Mr Patrice Talon is removed from office as president of the republic'.

Benin military group announces 'removing President Talon from office'

The President of the Republic of Benin, Patrice Talon, during the official visit of the President of the Republic of Benin to the President of the Republic of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, this Thursday, 23 May 2024. Picture: Mateus Bonomi / AGIF / AGIF via AFP

COTONOU - A group of military personnel in Benin on Sunday announced that they had ousted President Patrice Talon, who is due to step down next April after 10 years in power.

Soldiers calling themselves the "Military Committee for Refoundation" (CMR), said on state television that they had met and decided that "Mr Patrice Talon is removed from office as president of the republic".

Talon's whereabouts were unknown and the French Embassy said on X that "gunfire was reported at Camp Guezo" near the president's official residence. It urged French citizens to remain indoors for security.

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