• S1 E3: From dictatorship to democracy in Benin Republic in 1990

  • Jul 16 2019
  • Length: 5 mins
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S1 E3: From dictatorship to democracy in Benin Republic in 1990

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  • In 1990, Benin Republic was facing an economic and ideological and political crisis, after 27 years of a brutal dictatorship by Président Mathieu Kerekou. When the risk of civil war at a peak, the Benin people, despite the tension, arranged a national inclusive consultation that led to the negotiations of a peaceful resolution and transition. Benin then invented the principle of a national conference that would be replicated in multiple countries in the francophone region, with more or less success. Learn more about a conference which changed the destiny of the country and set a historical example of diplomatic finesse of Africans. 
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