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BENIN’S first ever female presidential candidate has been arrested for allegedly “planning to assassinate several political figures,” a government spokesman said on Monday evening.
Reckya Madougou was arrested last Wednesday in the capital Porto-Novo, authorities said. Another opposition candidate, Joel Aviv, fled the scene.
Government spokesman Alain Orounla claimed that Ms Madougou, who leads the Democrats party, had planned to assassinate a number of her political rivals, adding that it was “a very serious offence of terrorism.
CLAUDIA WEBBE looks at how Britain’s Nato ally has upped the stakes in its effort to silence domestic dissenting voices
Anyone who criticises those in power in Kenya risks their freedom or worse. The brutal abduction of Booker Omole marks a new escalation in a country sliding toward authoritarian rule, says MARC VANDEPITTE
The US is desperate to stop Honduras’s process of social and democratic change, writes TIM YOUNG