Houndegnon
15 Nov
A former Benin police chief turned government critic has been detained pending trial on a charge of "incitement to rebellion", judicial sources told AFP on Friday. General Louis Philippe Houndegnon was arrested less than two months after several prominent government figures were detained and accused of plotting a coup. Houndegnon was influential under former president…
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