The short-lived coup in Benin left “casualties on both sides” of the government forces and the mutinous soldiers, authorities said Monday, as security forces intensified the search for the coup leader who was on the run.
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Traffic in the Benin capital of Cotonou resumed on Monday following an attempted coup that shook the country a day earlier.
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