Benin prime minister gets opposition support for presidential election

By Allegresse Sasse COTONOU (Reuters) - Benin's prime minister Lionel Zinsou, favored by the president to succeed him in next month's election, received a boost on Saturday when the leading opposition party also named him as their preferred candidate. In a ceremony on Saturday declaring their support, leaders of the PRD party described Lionel Zinsou as the "consensus candidate" that would bring prosperity to the tiny West African country whose economy has been hit by a slowdown in neighboring Ni