Benin president will face two challengers in April election


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  • Tuesday, 23 Feb 2021

FILE PHOTO: Benin's president, Patrice Talon, attends a joint declaration with French president at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, April 26, 2016. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

COTONOU (Reuters) - Benin President Patrice Talon will run against two challengers in a presidential election on April 11, the West African nation's constitutional court said on Monday.

Talon, who came to power in 2016, will run against Alassane Soumanou of the opposition party Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin (FCBE) and opposition figure Corentin Kohoue.

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