NEW YORK — Mathieu Kérékou, who seized control of the West African nation of Benin in a military coup in 1972 but nearly two decades later presided over the region’s first peaceful transition to ...

COTONOU (Reuters) - Benin's long-ruling former president Mathieu Kerekou has died at the age of 82, leading to a week of national mourning for the Marxist who seized power in a coup but later set off ...

OUIDAH, Benin — Democracy came to the cradle of Voodoo religion in 1991, when Benin’s military dictator of many years surprisingly lost an election that he had organized. Mathieu Kérékou had amassed ...

Benin's former President Mathieu Kerekou, the man hailed as helping to usher in multi-party democracy in Africa, has died at the age of 82. Mr Kerekou had two spells as president totalling nearly 30 ...

COTONOU, Benin – Benin's president says that former leader Mathieu Kerekou has died. He was 82 years old. President Boni Yayi on Wednesday said Kerekou was a great man, and called for seven days of ...

ON March 5th, Benin went to the polls for the fourth presidential election since multi-party democracy was introduced in 1990: no mean achievement in west Africa. Even more impressive was the fact ...

Benin's President Mathieu Kerekou is given directions as he arrives at the Africa Union meeting in Sirte, Libya, July 5, 2005. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti COTONOU (Reuters) - Benin's long-ruling former ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Benin's former president Mathieu Kerekou inspects a guard of honour in the Nigeria-Benin border town of Seme Krake, in a file ...