Benin successfully thwarted a coup attempt orchestrated by Lieutenant-Colonel Pascal Tigri and the "Military Committee for Refoundation" (CMR).Mutineers briefly seized state television and declared the government dissolved, though President Patrice Talon quickly assured the nation the situation was "completely under control" and that "treachery will not go unpunished."The Beninese government, with substantial support from Nigeria, ECOWAS, and France, foiled the takeover, with ECOWAS Commission president Omar Touray noting West Africa's state of emergency due to rising coups, following a military takeover in Guinea-Bissau last month and preceding Benin's presidential election in April.