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Africa Subsaharan
Benin arrests three for 'trying to poison president'
2012-10-23
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Benin authorities have placed in durance vile
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
President Thomas Boni Yayi's doctor, his niece and an ex-minister over an alleged plot to poison the leader, the public prosecutor said Monday.

Justin Gbenameto told journalists that prosecutors "have requested their indictment for criminal conspiracy and attempted liquidation of the head of state," who is also the chairman of the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...

Those placed in durance vile
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
on Sunday included Moudjaidou Soumanou, former minister of commerce, Yayi's personal doctor Ibrahim Mama Cisse, and Zouberath Kora-Seke, one of Yayi's nieces who worked at the presidency.
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