Reforms, Governance, Justice: President of Benin Responds to Young People on the Eve of the National Holiday

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On August 1, 2025, Benin celebrates the 65th anniversary of its independence, the last of Patrice Talon as President. Instead of the traditional message to the Nation, the Head of State organized on Thursday 31 July a meeting with young people from all walks of life and from all political sides at the presidential palace. Direct and daring questions were asked him by more than 200 of them about employment, his governance deemed authoritarian, hi…