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Talon’s friends form line for government jobs

Talon looks set to give some key jobs in the country’s new government to an array of people close to him. [...] (345 words)

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Thomas Boni Yayi seeks amnesty

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Talon thanks Ouattara on French Riviera

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A coup among the Freemasons!

Johannes Dagnon, Patrice Talon’s eminence grise

Olivier Boko, indispensable to Patrice Talon

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Talon thanks Ouattara on French Riviera

The discreet "white masks" expected at Patrice Talon's investiture

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