Explainer: What to know about Benin's foiled coup attempt?

COTONOU, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Benin's government said on Sunday that an attempted military mutiny had been foiled in Cotonou, the country's economic capital and largest city, after armed soldiers briefly took over state television to declare President Patrice Talon was removed from office. How did a country that was long considered stable in West Africa find itself facing such a threat? What triggered it, and how did the relevant parties react? WHAT HAPPENED? Earlier Sunday, a group of soldiers, i