# Explainer 497: The art of (stopping) the coup

An episode of [The Foreign Desk](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/786319916), 10 Dec 2025, 6:31.

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Benin has become the latest West African state to face a coup. Andrew Mueller explains how the region’s history of upheavals gave president Patrice Talon the tools to stop the attempt. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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