A group of soldiers on Sunday appeared on Benin’s state television claiming to have removed President Patrice Talon from office and dissolved all state institutions.
Talon’s office, meanwhile, said that loyalist forces had managed to get the situation “under control.
Clean-up progressing well’, military source says
“It’s just a matter of time before everything returns to normal. The clean-up is progressing well,” a military source told the AFP news agency. 
According to the source, the coup plotters have not taken control of either Patrice Talon’s residence or the presidential offices.
Access to presidency, state TV blocked, no military presence at airport
According to an AFP journalist in Cotonou, soldiers are still blocking access to the presidency and state television. Access to several other areas, including the five-star Sofitel in Cotonou and districts housing international institutions, are also blocked.
There is no military presence reported at the airport and the rest of the city, however, and residents are going about their business.
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