Watching and waiting

President Mathieu Kérékou has kept his head down amid celebrations of his overthrow ten years ago. His friends say he developed humility when he became a Catholic while out of office. Yet he seems to like running Benin: having won back the presidency in the 1996 poll, he wants to do it again next year.

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Pierre Osho, Nicéphore Soglo, C, te d'Ivoire

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