Patrice Talon's successor has unveiled his first government — 24 ministers, only seven of them women, drawn largely from loyalists and technocrats.
Abdoulaye Bio-Tchané's cabinet reveals the entrenched political recycling that plagues West African transitions, same faces, same networks, different letterheads. With women holding just 29% of ministerial posts, Benin's "new" government mirrors the region's persistent failure to match continental rhetoric on gender parity with actual power distribution. This isn't renewal; it's a reshuffle of Cotonou's political aristocracy under fresh branding.
Abdoulaye Bio-Tchané's cabinet reveals the entrenched political recycling that plagues West African transitions, same faces, same networks, different letterheads. With women holding just 29% of ministerial posts, Benin's "new" government mirrors the region's persistent failure to match continental rhetoric on gender parity with actual power distribution. This isn't renewal; it's a reshuffle of Cotonou's political aristocracy under fresh branding.
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