Benin: opposition parties barred from parliamentary elections

Nicephore Soglo and Boni Yayi, two former heads of state are leading the struggle against the National Electoral Commission decision to bar opposition parties from contesting the parliamentary elections scheduled for April 28th, 2019.

In an unprecedented move in Benin politics, the two statesmen on Friday led a protest within the Dantokpa market in Cotonou where they were met  by heavily armed police and tear gas.

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