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NEC Chair Joins Counterparts from Nigeria, Burkina Faso on Peer Support Mission to Benin

L-R: Mr. Emmanuel Tando, NEC Chair/host, Beniin, Madam Davidetta Browne Lansanah (Liberia NEC Chairperson), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu (Chairman, INEC, Nigeria) and Mr. Ahmed Newton Barry, chairman, INEC of Burkina Faso assembled in Cotonou to peer-support each other. Davidetta Browne Lansanah, chairperson of the National Elections Commission (NEC) of Liberia has joined her Nigerian and Burkina Faso counhterparts in a peer support and learning mission on elections matters in the sub-region. NEC’s communication’s department has disclosed through a press statement that Madam Lansanah has gone to Benin to witness and learn from that country’s own style of democracy relative to elections matters.

The fight for Benin s democratic future - Ghanaian Times

The fight for Benin’s democratic future April 12, 2021 Demonstrators blocked this road in the town of Toui on Wednesday Voters in Benin are taking part in elections after protests over President Patrice Talon’s broken promise to serve only one term in office left two people dead. There are just two other candidates on the ballot, in a country dubbed the birthplace of African multiparty democracy. Alassane Soumanou of the opposition FCBE party is a former minister, while Corentin Kohoué is seen as more of a wildcard. Several key opposition figures – including an ex-prime minister and a former mayor of the biggest city Cotonou – have either been arrested and ruled ineligible or are now in exile.

Benin s Patrice Talon favoured for re-election after vote

Benin s Patrice Talon favoured for re-election after vote
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Benin elections: The fight for a democratic future

BBC News Published image copyrightGetty Images image captionElection officers put ink on voters fingers to make sure they don t vote twice Early indications show voter turnout was low in Benin s presidential election, where polling stations have now closed. In the run-up to the election, protests over President Patrice Talon s broken promise to serve only one term in office left two people dead. After voting himself, President Talon called on his fellow citizens to come out and vote. But opposition campaigners had called for a boycott and streets were quiet on Sunday, especially in anti-government strongholds. The head of the electoral commission said most polling stations had opened on time despite opposition supporters blocking roads to northern and central Benin.

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