On Thursday, January 12, 2023, Benin's Constitutional Court confirmed President Patrice Talon's sweeping victory in the legislative elections. Though denounced by the opposition, this election is important because it gives Benin's new president free reign to respond to a major challenge: jihadist attacks and the attempted integration of these groups into the country's social fabric. Indeed, in Benin, jihad has already been declared (in French).
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