from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2JcDeDs
Friday, 3 May 2019
Protesters in Benin clash with police in post-election violence
Security forces in Benin's capital Cotonou on Thursday fired weapons to disperse crowds protesting against the exclusion of opposition parties from last Sunday's parliamentary election, Reuters witnesses said.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2JcDeDs
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2JcDeDs
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