Benin confirms Wadagni’s presidential vote win

Benin’s finance minister Romuald Wadagni was officially confirmed to have won the west African country’s presidential election, according to final results on Thursday.

The Constitutional Court confirmed the provisional tally announced last week, which gave outgoing president Patrice Talon’s hand-picked successor a landslide win.

Many observers believe that the outcome of the 12 April vote was a foregone conclusion.

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