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Benin: US-Africa Leaders' Summit - "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner... at the White House"
US-Africa Cybersecurity Group, 12 December 2022
As a former Ambassador to the United States, I know that diplomacy is part science and part art. Alliances are made, deals are cut, conflicts are left unresolved and civil rights… Read more »
US-Africa Cybersecurity Group (Washington, DC)
"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.. at the White House"
On the eve of the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC, Ambassador Omar Arouna, MBA, the former Benin Ambassador to the United States, writes that the invitation of Benin president, Patrice Talon, "lends legitimacy" to "a self-declared autocrat," who jails political opponents the country's former Minister of Justice, Reckya Madougou, currently "serving a 20-year prison sentence under the cruelest of conditions" for the crime of being "a candidate for the 2021 presidential elections."
Benin's former Minister of Justice, Reckya Madougou. On March 3, 2021, Benin's former Minister of Justice, Reckya Madougou, was arrested by hooded thugs and beaten. Now she is serving a 20-year prison sentence under the cruelest of conditions.
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As President Patrice Talon embarks on a 4-day visit to Washington, DC, as part of an "economic and strategic mission," former Ambassador of the Republic of Benin to the United ... Read more »
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In this guest colunm, Ajong Mbapndah L & Amos Fofung write about Benin's president, Patrice Talon, and the relentless persecution of his most feared opponents. Among ... Read more »
