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News Benin Politics: Benin court bans presidential rival from elections

Published on: Friday 02 August 2019
Benin court bans presidential rival from elections
News source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/benin-court-bans-presidential-rival-from-elections--11777490

Protests rocked Benin following the parliamentary vote in April that saw ... In late July the ministry of justice released a list of "wanted" suspects, including a string of political figures it ...

News Benin Politics: Benin's ex-PM banned from politics for 5 years

Published on: Friday 02 August 2019
Benin's ex-PM banned from politics for 5 years
News source: https://www.africanews.com/2019/08/02/renown-politician-and-benin-s-ex-prime-minister-banned-from-politics-for-5-years/

Lionel Zinsou has been handed a sentence that bans him from politics for 5 years and 6 months community work. The Beninese opposition leader and former Prime Minister who came in second in the last ...

News Benin Politics: Oshiomhole, Edo Politics And The Burden Of History

Published on: Sunday 21 July 2019
Oshiomhole, Edo Politics And The Burden Of History
News source: https://leadership.ng/2019/07/22/oshiomhole-edo-politics-and-the-burden-of-history/

Oshiomhole, Edo Politics And The Burden Of History With the benefit of hindsight, the Benin leaders who in 2006 earnestly and dedicatedly made the case for Oshiomhole to be assisted and supported in his

News Benin Politics: Obaseki urges political will among state actors, others on healthy, productive population

Published on: Thursday 11 July 2019
Obaseki urges political will among state actors, others on healthy, productive population
News source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/07/obaseki-urges-political-will-among-state-actors-others-on-healthy-productive-population/

Comrade Philip Shaibu (2nd right); Special Adviser to the Governor on Political and Community Matters ... Roland Asoro (left), during a solidarity march by various groups in Benin City, on Thursday, ...

News Benin Politics: Osinbajo receives Rep of Benin Special Envoy to Nigeria on country’s political situation

Published on: Wednesday 15 May 2019
Osinbajo receives Rep of Benin Special Envoy to Nigeria on country’s political situation
News source: https://www.worldstagegroup.com/osinbajo-receives-rep-of-benin-special-envoy-to-nigeria-on-countrys-political-situation/

President Patrice Talon of the Republic of Benin has sent a Special Envoy to Nigeria to deliver a message to President Muhammadu Buhari on the country’s political situation. Vice President Yemi ...

News Benin Politics: ECOWAS members express displeasure over political situation in Benin

Published on: Saturday 11 May 2019
ECOWAS members express displeasure over political situation in Benin
News source: https://www.today.ng/news/nigeria/ecowas-members-express-displeasure-political-situation-benin-219716

Members of the ECOWAS Parliament has expressed displeasure in the political situation in Benin following the presentation of the Country Report from the Beninese delegation of the parliament. The ...

News Benin Politics: Week in Review: French tourists kidnapped in Benin, plastic surgery denial & sex slaves in Italy

Published on: Thursday 09 May 2019
News source: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/week-in-review-french-tourists-kidnapped-in-benin-plastic-surgery-denial-26-sex-slaves-in-italy/ar-AABaRRz

The body of a Benin tour guide was found in a national park and the two ... He urged France to adopt "a clear political position" on the situation in Libya and accused his rival, General Khalifa ...

News Benin Politics: National dialogue: Lessons Uganda can draw from Benin, DR Congo

Published on: Saturday 11 May 2019
News source: https://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/PeoplePower/National-dialogue-Lessons-Uganda-Benin-DR-Congo-Tandon-/689844-5110910-cqbtjx/index.html

When the militarily-installed president Mathieu Kerekou failed to succeed in government repression, he began making political concessions. Kerekou announced in December 1989 that the People’s ...