{"id":336837,"date":"2011-03-25T04:14:03","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T04:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/25\/benin-police-fire-tear-gas-to-break-up-youth-protest\/"},"modified":"2011-03-25T04:14:03","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T04:14:03","slug":"benin-police-fire-tear-gas-to-break-up-youth-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/benin-police-fire-tear-gas-to-break-up-youth-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Benin: Police Fire Tear Gas to Break Up Youth Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"37.5597574028\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/7305b8cerfi-logo-en.jpg\" alt=\"Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" title=\"Visit Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>24 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Benin police fired tear gas to disperse youths in Cotonou on Thursday, who were protesting against the re-election of President Boni Yayi. Police said the youths were blocking the roadways and refused to clear the area.<\/p>\n<p>The several hundred youths gathered at two locations in Benin&#8217;s economic capital of Cotonou, in support of opposition candidate Adrien Houngbedji. There, they burned car tyres and held up signs labelling Yayi a &#8220;thief.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>Houngbedgi claims he won the 13 March election and alleges ballot fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Benin&#8217;s constitutional court announced Monday that it approved results showing that Yayi had won in the first round of voting with 53 per cent, compared to Houngbedgi&#8217;s 36 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Houngbedgi immediately rejected the results and claimed he had won. Candidates were then given five days to appeal the vote with the courts.<\/p>\n<p>While four appeals were filed on Thursday, none were in the name of any candidate, said the court&#8217;s secretary-general Sylvain Nouwatin, according to the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n<p><i><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\/20110324-benin-police-fire-tear-gas-break-youth-protest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read or Listen to this story on the RFI website<\/a><\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103250014.html\" title=\"Benin: Police Fire Tear Gas to Break Up Youth Protest\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Benin: Police Fire Tear Gas to Break Up Youth Protest<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 24 March 2011 Benin police fired tear gas to disperse youths in Cotonou on Thursday, who were protesting against the re-election of President Boni Yayi. Police said the youths were blocking the roadways and refused to clear the area. 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