{"id":327209,"date":"2011-03-21T16:18:34","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T16:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/21\/benin-presidents-win-confirmed\/"},"modified":"2011-03-21T16:18:34","modified_gmt":"2011-03-21T16:18:34","slug":"benin-presidents-win-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/benin-presidents-win-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Benin president&#8217;s win confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"42.9711934156\">\n        \t\t  <span><br \/>\n    <span>21 March 2011<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Last updated at <\/span><span>12:18 ET<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The constitutional court in Benin has confirmed President Boni Yayi as the winner of last week&#8217;s presidential election.  <\/p>\n<p>It said President Yayi, who has been in power since 2006, had received 53% of the vote. <\/p>\n<p>Opposition leader Adrien Houngbedji has said he will not accept the result, calling the election a &#8220;plot&#8221;.  <\/p>\n<p>Correspondents say Benin is regarded as a democracy in the troubled West African region. <\/p>\n<p>The vote was twice delayed following complaints that more than one million people were not registered to vote and preparations for the poll were not complete.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-africa-12811855\" title=\"Benin president's win confirmed\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Benin president&#8217;s win confirmed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 21 March 2011 Last updated at 12:18 ET The constitutional court in Benin has confirmed President Boni Yayi as the winner of last week&#8217;s presidential election. 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