2013 Beninese coup d'état attempt

The 2013 Beninese coup d'état attempt was a 2013 failed coup d'état that attempted to oust President Thomas Boni Yayi and install a military regime in Benin.

Background

In February 2013, Colonel Pamphile Zomahoun and businessman Johannes Dagnon blocked Yayi while returning from a trip from an African Union meeting at Equatorial Guinea. They were detained immediately.[1]

While some argue that Yayi's government was being targeted because of its fight against corruption, others argue that he used the criminal justice system to silence opposition and media.[2]

In the previous year, the president’s niece (another source says cousin[3]), Patrice Talon who backed him in his 2006 presidential bid, his personal doctor and others were arrested for poisoning the president’s heart medication.[4][5] They were pardoned.[6]

References
  1. "Bénin : les autorités affirment avoir déjoué un coup d'État". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2013-03-03. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  2. "Benin claims to thwart coup attempt". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  3. "Benin authorities thwart coup attempt, arrest 2". Washington Examiner. 2013-03-04. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  4. vanguard (2013-03-03). "Coup plot foiled in Benin". Vanguard News. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  5. "Benin president pardons alleged plotters after French mediation". Reuters. 2014-05-15. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  6. "Benin president pardons 'poison-plot' businessman who fled to France". RFI. 2014-05-15. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
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