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Benin court bans presidential rival from elections

Benin's former prime minister and 2016 presidential candidate, Lionel Zinsou. [AFP]

A court in Benin on Friday handed a top opposition politician a suspended six-month jail term over campaign breaches and banned him from standing for elections for five years, judicial sources said.

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