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Benin
Businessmen get around

Benin's entrepreneurs, appreciated all over West Africa for their contacts, are into everything from oil and property to the media business. [...]

Published on 31.05.2012 at 22:01 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Benin
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Benin
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Benin
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CCTV camera "filmed plotters"

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