Stuffing ballot boxes and barring strong opposition candidates from contesting, the regime in Benin – propped up by a foreign military intervention last December – staged an election to hand over the reins from the outgoing president to his chosen successor.

Following an initiative coordinated by Pan Africanism Today as part of a continent-wide mobilization in solidarity with the people of Cuba, various movements across Africa have visited Cuban embassies to deliver messages of support and solidarity.

More than a week after a military intervention restored the president to power after a rebellion in the Beninese military, foreign troops continue to prop up Patrice Talon as his regime unleashes a crackdown on domestic political opponents.

After restoring the France-backed regime of Patrice Talon following a coup, foreign troops have remained in Benin, maintaining control over the Presidential residence and several key government buildings.

Damien Dégbé told Brasil de Fato about the crackdown on opponents three months before he was arrested; he was detained on October 21

Arrestados después de una manifestación que exigía la expulsión de las tropas francesas, activistas benineses reiteran su compromiso de luchar contra el neocolonialismo francés tras su liberación.

Arrested after a demonstration demanding the expulsion of French troops, Beninese activists reiterate their commitment to fighting French neocolonialism upon their release.

“It’s not a question of democracy or defending human rights, but of sovereignty and safeguarding the interests of the people,” says PCB leader