Benin: Houndété-Atchadé legal dispute postponed to 2027

The Cotonou Court of Appeal postponed until January 14, 2027, the dispute between the camps of Éric Houndété and Nourénou Atchadé over leadership of Les Démocrates, the main opposition party. After a court rejected Houndété’s request to annul Atchadé’s designation on April 29, 2026, Houndété appealed. The postponement follows a hearing on October 15. Meanwhile, some of Houndété’s supporters resigned on October 9, and Atchadé was elected party leader for five years at a congress in Porto-Novo on October 11.