Cotonou: Benin’s government says it has regained control after a group of soldiers briefly claimed to dissolve state institutions in an apparent coup attempt early Sunday. Interior Minister Alassane Seidou announced that the mutiny had been contained, even as questions continue to swirl about the whereabouts of President Patrice Talon.

What really happened?

Tension gripped the West African nation on Sunday morning when gunfire echoed in parts of Cotonou and soldiers appeared on state television declaring that they had seized power. Identifying themselves as the Military Committee for Refoundation, the group announced that the government had been dissolved and named Lt. Col. Pascal Tigri as their leader.

The broadcast was cut soon after, and transmission on both state TV and public rad

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