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Patrice Talon returns to Cotonou via Abidjan

The terms of businessman Patrice Talon’s return to Cotonou on October 8, after three years in exile in France, were [...]

Published on 14/10/2015 at 04:30 GMT

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ECOWAS
Evelyne Da Silva
Hamed Bakayoko
Lionel Zinsou
Macky Sall
Patrice Talon
President Alassane Ouattara

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Talon’s friends form line for government jobs

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Talon thanks Ouattara on French Riviera

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Zinzou treads crowded path to presidential palace

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Lionel Zinsou strong on economy but politically adrift

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Talon’s supporters organise in France

Friends and supporters of Patrice Talon, who intends to run [...]

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Patrice Talon has launched his presidential election campaign

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Diplomat kept tabs on Talon for Boni Yayi

Throughout August, Jules-Armand Aniambossou, Benin’s ambassador to France, bombarded the [...]

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Even pardoned, Talon is still man Boni Yayi loves to hate

Businessman Patrice Talon is preparing for a presidential bid in 2016, much to the chagrin of President Thomas Boni Yayi, who is desperate to scupper his plans.

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Politicians with French connections

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Talon's political ambitions raised with Hollande

In a meeting with French President François Hollande at the Elysee Palace in Paris on June 9, Benin's President Thomas [...]

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Talon affair: Boni Yayi defies CCJA

While its legal wrangles with businessman Patrice Talon drag on, the Beninese government has awarded disputed contracts to verify its imports to two international companies, West Africa Newsletter can reveal.

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Boni Yayi pardon closes Talon affair

Thomas Boni Yayi's granting of a public pardon to Patrice Talon on May 14 was the result of several months [...]

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Justice, Boni Yayi-style

A group of people suspected of involvement in an alleged plot to poison President Thomas Boni-Yayi remain in jail 18 months after an investigation into the affair began. No trial is on the cards.

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Benin
Patrice Talon returns to Cotonou via Abidjan

Benin
Talon’s friends form line for government jobs

Benin, France
Talon thanks Ouattara on French Riviera

Spotlight | Benin
Zinzou treads crowded path to presidential palace

Benin
Lionel Zinsou strong on economy but politically adrift

Benin
Talon’s supporters organise in France

Benin
Patrice Talon has launched his presidential election campaign

Benin
Diplomat kept tabs on Talon for Boni Yayi

Benin
Even pardoned, Talon is still man Boni Yayi loves to hate

Benin
Politicians with French connections

Benin
Talon's political ambitions raised with Hollande

Benin
Talon affair: Boni Yayi defies CCJA

Benin
Boni Yayi pardon closes Talon affair

Benin
Justice, Boni Yayi-style