Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Benin will elect a new president on Sunday in a race that is shaping up to favour the chosen successor of the governing party, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man votes during the presidential election at a polling station in Cotonou, Benin [Charles Placide Tossou/Reuters] Voting is ...

COTONOU, Benin (AP) — The polls have closed in Benin where voters cast their ballots on Sunday to choose a successor to President Patrice Talon, who is stepping down after a decade in power, leaving a ...

Romuald Wadagni won the 2026 presidential election in Benin with over 94% of the vote. Wadagni, 50, is a technocrat who became an influential finance minister under Patrice Talon from 2016 until his ...

COTONOU, Benin (AP) — Voters in Benin will vote Sunday to elect a new president as outgoing leader Patrice Talon steps down after a decade in power with a mixed legacy of economic growth, but also a ...

Romuald Wadagni is on course to win a seven-year term of office as president – Copyright POOL/AFP ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES Benin presidential election favourite ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COTONOU, Benin (AP) — Opposition parties ...

Calm appeared to return to Benin late Thursday following two days of angry post-election violence in which at least two people died, as the definitive results of the parliamentary polls were published ...