Benin: Benin Heads to Polls After Failed Coup Shakes Political Landscape

[AllAfrica - Africa] - 11/01/2026

[RFI] Benin votes on Sunday in legislative and local elections that come just over a month after an attempted coup shook the commercial capital Cotonou. The vote follows weeks of campaigning and comes ahead of a presidential election in April.

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