BENIN?S POLL VEERS TO AN END

BENIN?S convoluted and long-running polls finally veer to an end on Thursday with a second-round runoff pitting President Mathieu Kerekou against low-profile candidate Bruno Amoussou. Some three million voters are eligible to cast their ballot in the presidential elections, which have been marred by withdrawals of two prominent candidates who trailed Kerekou in the first round on March 4. – AFP