5. Dictatorial Survival Strategies in Challenging Conditions : Factionalized Armed Supporters and Party Creation
When Benin became independent in 1960, three parties dominated politics, each rooted in a region and its ethnic groups. The same regional loyalties factionalized the newly created army. Most officers came from the south. They had started in the ranks during French rule and were promoted rapidly in order to indigenize the officer corps at independence. Most enlisted men came from the north (Decal..
Political Science
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