DISPATCHES
Vol 67 No 8 |
- BENIN
- DJIBOUTI
In Benin the path for Talon's hand-picked successor Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni to take over from President Patrice Talon was cleared by limiting his challengers to Paul Hounkpè of the Forces cauris pour un Bénin émergent (FCBE) which took just 4...
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As Romuald Wadagni approaches presidential election day on 12 April abstentions pose the greatest threat to his hopes of securing a decisive mandate...
West Africa in 2026 charts The results from Benin's parliamentary elections on 11 January will decide whether there is a strong opposition challenge ahead of April's presidential elections likely to be won by Romuald Wadagni the chosen successor of incumbent Patrice Talon...
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WEST AFRICA: THE DECLINING DEMOCRATIC DIVIDENDS The results from Benin's parliamentary elections on 11 January will decide whether there is a strong opposition challenge ahead of April's presidential elections likely to be won by Romuald Wadagni the chosen successor of incumbent Patrice Talon...
Meanwhile Talon's crackdown and tight management to ensure the easy presidential succession of his protégé Romuald Wadagni at next April's polls risks souring the mood...
Talon's finance minister Romuald Wadagni who is positioned as his successor after next year's election was telling French journalists that the putschists were surrounded and loyalist forces were mopping up (AC Vol 66 No 18 Talon to step aside)...
Finance minister Romuald Wadagni has been named joint presidential candidate of the governing l'Union progressiste pour le renouveau (UPR) and Bloc Républicain (BR) for April 2026 – confirming President Patrice Talon will honour the constitutional two-term limit...
Still it remains to be seen whether that will translate into running again or whether the president will feel sufficiently comfortable to entrust a protégé such as finance minister Romuald Wadagni to continue his legacy...
One option was to try to change the constitution and run for a third term another was to install a controllable successor; Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni was tipped for the job (AC Vol 65 No 12 Talon flirts with a third term)...
His preferred successor is finance minister Romuald Wadagni who was formerly in a key role in the financial management of the Talon business empire and could as head of state be relied on to ensure the state continued to protect its interests...