Benin: exiled opposition leader Boni Yayi returns to Cotonou to meet President Patrice Talon Thomas Boni Yayi, dressed in a large white boubou, is warmly welcomed by about a hundred supporters as the former head of state of Benin and opponent arrives in Cotonou where he is due to meet President Patrice Talon after several months in exile, since the April legislative elections that plunged this West African country into a serious political crisis. IMAGES