Benin vote count begins after opposition groups boycott election
Al Jazeera
President Patrice Talon is expected to win a second term in office as group of opposition parties called for a boycott.
Vote counting began in Benin on Sunday after a presidential poll that was boycotted by some opposition parties over pre-election violence and their objection to President Patrice Talon’s quest for a second term. Provisional results of the first round of the election are expected by April 13. A cotton tycoon first elected in 2016, Talon faced off against two little-known rivals while some of the West African country’s key opposition leaders boycotted the election.
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