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CLEAN : Former Benin President Yayi says election should be called off
Former Beninese President Boni Yayi calls for the authorities to stop the ongoing electoral process in Benin where voters are preparing to elect their deputies on 28 April in a controversial election where the opposition cannot present...
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CLEAN : Benin launches national dialogue over political crisis
Benin president Patrice Talon launches a national dialogue in Cotonou aimed at overcoming the ongoing political crisis without the main opposition parties (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Benin launches new Constitution in bid to calm political crisis
Benin launches a new Constitution in a sign the political crisis that has shaken Benin for six months is calming (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Benin: exiled opposition leader Boni Yayi returns to Cotonou to meet President Patrice Talon
Thomas Boni Yayi dressed in a large white boubou is warmly welcomed by about a hundred supporters as the former head of state of Benin and opponent arrives in Cotonou where he is due to meet President Patrice Talon after several months...
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CLEAN : FILE: former Benin leader to return for talks after months of exile
Benin's former leader Thomas Boni Yayi is expected to fly home for a brief meeting with President Patrice Talon five months after leaving de facto house arrest amid a political standoff (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : 28 sceptres swords and rare Fon objects return to Benin
The Musee de la Recade in Lobozounkpa near Cotonou receives 28 new sceptres swords and Fon objects donated by a collective of Parisian antique dealers who are patrons (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Benin: Clearing the bank of the Dantokpa lagoon
Fishermen vendors and others forced to clear the lagoon bank of the Dantokpa market in Cotonou (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Coronavirus: Benin enforces mask wearing
Residents of the Beninois capital of Cotonou wear masks in public as the authorities begin enforcing the mandatory wearing of facemasks to halt the coronavirus (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Free delivery of mosquito nets as Benin bids to beat malaria
In Benin, while health authorities keep one eye on the risks associated with the novel coronavirus, they are careful to not lose sight of other diseases, such as malaria (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Benin tests teachers for coronavirus ahead of school restart
Benin is conducting mass coronavirus testing of teachers ahead of the reopening of schools, as part of a plan to loosen measures against the pandemic (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Supporters of re-elected Benin president Patrice Talon celebrate
Patrice Talon's supporters celebrate with singing and dancing outside his headquarters over the victory of their candidate in the first round of the presidential elections in Cotonou, Benin (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Benin's President Patrice Talon votes in bid for reelection
Benin President Patrice Talon votes in elections almost certain to hand him a second term in office (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Benin president and candidate holds last campaign rally ahead of election
President Patrice Talon, candidate for re-election, holds his last campaign rally before Sunday's election in Godomey, in the Cotonou region (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : SHORT PROFILE: Benin opposition politician Corentin Kohoué
Short profile of Beninese opposition politician and former presidential candidate Corentin Kohoué, 67 (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Benin welcomes back looted treasures from France
Benin welcomes back nearly 30 royal treasures looted from the West African state during France's colonial rule more than 130 years ago (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Voodoo ceremony for twins in Benin to celebrate them as deities
In Abomey-Calavi near the port city of Cotonou in Benin, a voodoo priestess organises a large, traditional ceremony bringing together dozens of twins to be honoured as deities. In southern Benin, Nigeria and Togo, twins are worshipped as...
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CLEAN : Beninese 'proud and happy' with return of 26 treasures looted by France
Beninese say they are "proud and happy" after the return of 26 royal treasures looted from the West African state during France's colonial rule more than 130 years ago (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Lawyer for Benin opposition leader slams trial as based on 'political accusation'
A lawyer for Benin opposition leader Reckya Madougou, on trial on terrorism charges, says his client's case "is completely empty", adding that it is based "exclusively" on a "political accusation (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Women in Benin react to the passing of more permissive abortion law
An NGO President and a social worker laud the outcome of a vote in Benin to legalise abortions within the first three months if it is likely to "aggravate or cause material, educational, professional or moral distress, incompatible with...
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CLEAN : Macron arrives in Benin, second stop on his Africa tour
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives at Cotonou airport for his first official visit to Benin (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Benin: Emmanuel Macron meets Patrice Talon on the second day of his African tour (2)
Patrice Talon welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron to the Marina Palace in Cotonou (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : France's Macron meets Beninese youth
On a visit to Benin, French President Emmanuel Macron visits the French College (Lycee) and innovation campus Seme City, both located in the city of Cotonou (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : In Benin and Togo, the rising popularity of electric motorbike taxis
Motorcycle taxis are a popular and cheap form of transportation in West Africa. But increasingly in Benin and Togo, drivers and customers are swapping gasoline-powered motorcycles for electric models that are more environmentally...
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VOICED: Behind the mask of a West African tradition
VOICED: Behind the mask of a West African tradition