🇧🇯❗️Ongoing coup d'état reported in Benin this morning, President Patrice Talon has been deposed, soldiers led by Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri have announced the full takeover of the country on the state TV.

Inset: The reading of the press release from the Military Committee for Refoundation is in progress on the BTV.

🇧🇯❗️Gunshots were reported at Camp Guézo, near the home of President Talon, according to the French embassy in Benin.

The Benin National Guard responds to the attempted coup, according to several Sputnik Africa sources

The force will try to dislodge the mutineers holed up in the national television building; said the repondant.

🇧🇯❗️⚡️Coup de'état in Benin: what we know so far, based on report by Sputnik Africa.

• Early in the morning, a group of soldiers announced on public television that they had “dismissed” Mr. Talon.

• This group of soldiers called themselves the Military Committee for Refoundation (CMR). They are led by Lieutenant-Colonel Pascal Tigri, who introduced himself as the new leader.

• “On this day, we, the defense and security forces, after careful reflection to give our country a benchmark, have decided to take our responsibilities in the face of the multiple excesses of the government of Patrice Talon”, according to their public declaration.

• Gunshots were reported this December 7 in Cotonou, in Camp Guézo, near the home of President Patrice Talon.

• The national guard responds to the mutineers in the national television building.

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🇧🇯❗️⚡️🇫🇷 French supported reports suggest the coup has reportedly failed.

🇧🇯❗️If successful, this will be the fifth West African country and ECOWAS member to undergo a coup in last few years post-covid.

🇧🇯⚡️ Patrice Talon, who has ruled the country for over a decade beginning in 2016 was/iss due to step down next year when his mandate expires.

🇧🇯❗️Benin FM confirms coup attempt but reported the situation under control.

"Larger part of army and national guard still loyalist to the president, are controlling the situation".

🇹🇭⚡️🇰🇭 Renewed Thailand-Cambodia conflict;

The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) carried out airstrikes on Cambodian armed forces positions, the office of the Royal Thai Air Force spokesperson reported.

Both sides have since engaged in mobilization of assets and troops including military hardware and air assets to the border areas.

🇹🇭⚡️🇰🇭 Summary of Thailand -Cambodia conflict re-starting 10 Dec. 2025:

After a landmine blast on 10 November 2025 that wounded Thai soldiers, Thailand suspended implementation of a recently negotiated peace accord, blaming the Cambodian side for planting the mine.

Local skirmishes through November hardened into heavier fighting in early December, with both sides accusing the other of using heavier weapons (artillery/rockets).

According to Thai statements and regional reporting, Thailand began employing air strikes on Cambodian positions around 8–9 December.

By 9–11 December, Thailand began the use of drones to destroy Cambodian homes along the border. Cambodian side starts using heavy artillery and rocket shelling.

The fighting displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians on both sides and caused scores of fatalities and injuries as international mediators (ASEAN) sought to calm the situation.

🇹🇭⚡️🇰🇭 The border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia is long-running and centres on several undemarcated stretches of the 817 km frontier and on cultural/territorial claims around ancient temples, notably Preah Vihear / Khao Phra Viharn.

The International Court of Justice awarded the Preah Vihear temple itself to Cambodia in 1962, but surrounding ground has remained contested and a flashpoint ever since. Periodic clashes have recurred for decades (notably spikes in 2008, and multiple flare-ups in 2025).

🇹🇭⚡️🇰🇭 Open letter urging UNESCO published by Cambodian news outlet.

https://cambodianess.com/article/letter-to-editor-open-letter-on-the-active-destruction-of-preah-vihear-temple-under-unescos-watch

🇹🇭❗️🇰🇭 Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has moved to dissolve the parliament on Friday after three months in office, paving the way for general elections early next year.

The move comes earlier than expected and during renewed deadly clashes between Thailand and Cambodia along their disputed border.

Anutin submitted a request for the dissolution of parliament to the king, local media reported on Thursday.

Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn later endorsed the decree to dissolve parliament, the country’s official Royal Gazette announced on Friday, making way for early elections, which by law must now be held within 45 to 60 days.

Government spokesman Siripong Angkasakulkiat told the Reuters news agency that the move followed a dispute with the opposition People’s Party, the largest bloc in the legislature.