|
news from Benin
Category: all
Found 8 articles.
- Vol 49 No 22
- 31/10/2008
Minority politics
President Yayi lacks a parliamentary majority and the skills to win over new supporters
- Vol 47 No 7
- 31/03/2006
Twilight of the chameleon
A clear and fairly clean win for Yayi Boni ends the Kérékou era
- Vol 43 No 24
- 06/12/2002
The old order please
Local elections may show how the land lies as parties prepare for the post-Kérékou era
- Vol 43 No 2
- 25/01/2002
Bio's bio
Benin's Finance Minister, Abdoulaye Bio Tchane, will take over as the International Monetary Fund's Africa Department chief next month. He was once tipped as a potential prime minister but his career at the western Franc Zone's central bank in Senegal lef...
- Vol 42 No 6
- 23/03/2001
Whose masquerade?
The presidential election has turned to farce since two leading candidates pulled out of the second round of voting claiming fraud. President Mathieu Kérékou emerged from the first round on 4 March with 47.1 per cent of the vote against 28.9...
- Vol 41 No 13
- 23/06/2000
Kérékou, no coup
Despite economic woe, the Beninese may give President Kérékou yet another chance
- Vol 41 No 4
- 18/02/2000
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 t...
- Vol 40 No 4
- 19/02/1999
Jet set and match
The latest leader to succumb to the need for personal air transport is President Mathieu Kérékou, who has secured three billion CFA francs to buy a second-hand personal jet.
Alternatively, 
Sign up to receive fortnightly email alerts listing the latest headlines, with extra news and commentaries from Africa Confidential's Editor, Patrick Smith.
Visit 
Request a printed example of our fortnightly Africa Confidential newsletter
