While Africa waits for the election in Mali to have a logical and positively conclusive end, some blindfolded soldiers in Benin Republic, a stable West African state were planning a shocker. A coup attempt to oust the President and install a military regime in the African nation was foiled according to authorities on Sunday.
Colonel Pamphile Zomahoun and businessman, Johannes Dagnon, have been arrested for a conspiracy "to block the head of state from returning to Cotonou after his trip and to institute a military regime," state prosecutor Justin Gbenameto Yayi told the press.
The investigation is continuing into the alleged coup. If successful, the coup would have cast a deep dark shadow on democracy and governance in West Africa as the region still battles Mali which became what it is today as a result of a coup also. It could also reverberate in Kenya too.
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