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Ranked the 15th wealthiest person in sub-Saharan Africa with a fortune topping $400-million in 2015 according to Forbes, Benin’s Patrice Talon presented himself as part of a new wave of can-do African leaders. (Reuters/Philippe Wojazer)
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New look, old ways? Benin’s leader and the authoritarian past

Elected in 2016 by defeating the preferred successor of Thomas Boni Yayi, Patrice Talon won the top job without a traditional political power base

  • Sophie Bouillon
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