Romuald Wadagni Wins Benin Presidency in Landslide Victory

Benin’s Finance Minister, Romuald Wadagni , has emerged as the country’s president-elect after securing a commanding victory in the national polls, according to provisional results released by the electoral commission. Wadagni garnered more than 94 percent of the vote with about 90 percent of ballots counted a margin authorities say makes the outcome effectively irreversible. The 49-year-old was widely expected to win after the main opposition party, the Democrats, failed to present a candidate…