Finance minister is favourite to win on Sunday as incumbent Talon will step down after leading the country for 10 years.
The failed coup exposed how far Benin’s democracy has already decayed.
President Talon pledges severe punishment for coup plotters after army thwarts attempts to overthrow his government.
Nigeria’s president says he sent fighter jets, troops to Benin to help quell a coup attempt by mutinous soldiers.
Soldiers in Benin appeared on state television to say they had toppled President Patrice Talon and taken power.
President Talon says situation under control after soldiers went on state TV saying he had been removed from power.
In Benin and across West Africa, riders viewed with suspicion as motorcycles now synonymous with armed fighters.
Her name at birth was Abake – meaning ‘born to be loved by all’ among the Tarkar people of Western Africa.
While the right to safe abortion has been restricted in the US, elsewhere, governments are liberalising abortion laws.
Washington is now seeking a Plan B after troops were ejected from sprawling, expensive bases in Niger.
