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Security issues in Pendjari curtail Lionel Talon's tourism ambitions

Lionel Talon, son of Beninese president Patrice Talon. © Presidency of the Republic of Benin

A few months ago, the son of the Beninese president embarked on the renovation of Pendjari Safari Lodge, but business there is likely to a take a nosedive following a deadly attack perpetrated on 6 January in the national park. [...] (456 words)

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SOUTHERN AFRICA Business 14/06/2021

Peace Parks moves for more military management of its transfrontier national parks

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The South African NGO, already active in a score of African countries to protect their national parks, sometimes with weapons, is in negotiations with Ivorian authorities over the management of part of Taï National Park, home to one of Africa's last primal forests. [...]

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BENIN Politics 15/03/2021

Talon dishing out honours left, right and centre

One month before the election, the National Order of Benin grand chancellor Koubourath Osseni has presented a particularly homogenous group of honourees to President Patrice Talon. [...]

Patrice Talon, President of the Republic of Benin. © Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom/MaxPPP

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Luxury safari industry expands its base camp in Mauritius

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African Parks rangers in Pendjari and W add counter-terrorism work to anti-poaching

African Parks Network plans to boost the intelligence-gathering capacities of its forest ranger teams whose beat covers the border regions of Benin, Burkina Faso, and Niger. These vast natural spaces are seeing increasing anti-terrorist surveillance as the region seeks to stem the advance of jihadists. [...]

The Pendjari national park. © Wikimedia Commons

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Election high and business low, Patrice Talon's bitter-sweet week

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Beninese president Patrice Talon. © Reuters/NTB SCANPIX

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