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Benin heads to polls after failed coup shakes political landscape

A soldier casts his ballot at a polling station in Cotonou during Benin’s legislative elections on 8 January 2023. Benin votes again on Sunday in legislative and local elections, weeks after a failed coup attempt. AFP - YANICK FOLLY

Benin votes on Sunday in legislative and local elections that come just over a month after an attempted coup shook the commercial capital Cotonou. The vote follows weeks of campaigning and comes ahead of a presidential election in April.

About 8 million registered voters are expected to choose 109 MPs along with their local representatives, the election commission said.

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