BENINS incumbent President Mathieu Kerekou was re-elected with more than 84% of the vote, the country’s autonomous electoral commission (CENA) announced on Saturday. Late Friday, challenger Bruno Amoussou, one of Kerekou’s cabinet ministers, conceded defeat, even before the CENA had tallied the final results of Thursday’s second-round run-off. Amoussou was the only candidate to run against Kerekou after his main foe, Nicephore Soglo, dropped out of the race, followed by parliamentary speaker Adrien Houngbedji. The two main opposition candidates boycotted the runoff, alleging fraud in the first round of voting held on March 4, and calling the election a “masquerade” in favour of Kerekou. – AFP