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Dahomey faces a coup amid unrest over cuts and exile figures
Dahomey teeters toward another coup as President Emile Derlin Zinzou threatens to cut family allowances and arrests about 2% of the Dahomeyan Democratic Union. Strikes in Porto Novo and Cotonou grow, exiled ex-presidents plot, and Nigeria's border moves stir regional tension amid a debted economy and French subsidy pressure.
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Cotonou, Dahomey
Dahomey
Emile Derlin Zinzou
Porto Nove
Cotonon
Lycee Behanzin
Porto Novo
Cotonou
Zinzou
Dahomeyan Democratic Union
Nigeria
Sourou-Migan Apithy
Lagos
Foreign Ministry
International Red Cross
Biafra
Resi
Dents
Apithy
Dustin Ahomadeghe
Hubert Maga
Christophe Soglo
Ivory Coast
France
ex-Union Oil Co
California