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CLEAN : Benin parliament narrowly rejects constitutional revisions
Benin's parliament narrowly rejects a proposal from President Patrice Talon to amend the constitution including introducing a single presidential term down from the currently permitted two
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CLEAN : Baby sea turtles released back to the water in Benin
In Benin's coastal city of Grand Popo locals tourists and an NGO gathered on the national day of sea turtles to send baby turtles back to the water
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CLEAN : Benin's Pendjari National Park comes back to life
In the north of Benin elephants lions and antelopes roam in peace across the savannah of the Pendjari National Park
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CLEAN : Annual voodoo celebration takes place in Benin
Every year in January thousands of voodoo followers visit the beach in Ouidah Benin
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CLEAN : Benin: March against bill to stop civil servants from striking
Strikers march against parliamentary bill that would stop some civil servants in Benin taking industrial action
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CLEAN : White gold: Benin's cotton harvest underway
From January to March every year the cotton harvest gets underway in Benin Africa's fourth largest producer of what is known as white gold
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VOICED : Parque nacional espera crear santuario de elefantes en Africa
Los cazadores furtivos han amenazado por largo tiempo a los animales del parque nacional mas grande el oeste de Africa: Pendjari al norte de Benin
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CLEAN : Four years in jail for Benin 'fake medicines' accused
A Benin court condemns seven leaders of Benin's largest commercial pharmaceutical companies to four years in prison a sentence that is meant to symbolize the war on fake medicines
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CLEAN : Unprecedented fake medicines trial opens in Benin
The trial of nine people gets underway in Benin on landmark charges of selling fake drugs a major step in a regional campaign against illicit medicines
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CLEAN : Anti government protesters dispersed in Benin
Police on Friday fired teargas to break up an anti government demonstration by Benin's political opposition involving thousands of people according to AFP reporters on the ground
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CLEAN : Seleka members ready to lay down their
Seleka members say they are ready to lay down their arms as tensions remain high in the capital of the Central African Republic after the resignation of its ex-rebel president who left to Benin. CLEAN : Seleka members ready to lay down...
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CLEAN : Bangui: the head of the CAR transitional
The head of the Central African Republic transitional body calls for calm and says he'll do his best to restore peace in the country, where tensions remain high after the resignation of its ex-rebel president who left to Benin. CLEAN :...
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CLEAN : Reax in Ouagadougou after France frees 4 hostages
Ouagadougou residents react after French special forces freed two French hostages an American and a South Korean in northern Burkina Faso in an overnight raid in which two soldiers died (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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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 Nigeria border closure distresses farmers and drivers
Farmers and traders are distressed after Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari closes all neighbouring borders around the country in a plan to end Nigeria's economic dependence on oil by developing domestic agriculture and industry...
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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 : Leaders of Nigeria Niger and Benin meet to discuss border protection
Leaders from Nigeria Niger and Benin meets to attempt to resolve the challenges of smuggling proliferation of small arms drug trafficking and other illegal activities along their border (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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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: renovation of voodoo squares in the capital Porto Novo
Voodoo or Vodoun squares in Benin's political capital of Porto Novo are steeped in history yet they are being abandoned and left to the elderly who are struggling to preserve them (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Spirit world: Voodoo makes a comeback in its Benin home
Benin holds its annual voodoo festival an event that lures an influx of visitors to the capital Porto Novo and underscores voodoo's comeback in the country of its birth (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)