Media: UNaMEL-Bénin strengthens the fight against disinformation ahead of the 2026 elections
As the major 2026 elections approach, Benin is entering a period in which the spread of false information can undermine social cohesion and the credib...
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Benin: a “rainbow egg” seller arrested in Allada
An individual was arrested on Wednesday, November 12, 2025 in the village of Adjago, Ahouannonzou district in Allada. The local police station arreste...
Benin: HAAC withdraws frequencies from five private radio stations
The High Authority for Audiovisual and Communication has terminated the authorizations of five private radio stations. These include Couffo FM, Atifa ...
2026 presidential election in Benin: the Constitutional Court approves two candidate tickets
The Constitutional Court confirmed on Thursday, November 13, 2025, the validity of the candidacies of the pairs Romuald Wadagni – Mariam Chabi Talata ...
Benin: the six MPs who resigned from the LD party met with Djogbénou and Bio Tchané
Lines are shifting on the Beninese political scene. The six MPs who resigned from the party Les Démocrates were received on Thursday, November 13, 202...
Benin: man arrested for stealing more than 100 grave markers from the PK14 cemetery.
The Godomey police station arrested, on November 12, 2025, an individual for stealing more than a hundred funeral plaques from the PK14 cemetery. Aler...
Benin: Patrice Talon in a closed-door meeting this Thursday with majority MPs
A strategic meeting has been set for tonight between the President of the Republic and the 81 deputies of the presidential movement. It will be an opp...
“Reforming at the end of a term raises questions of legitimacy”, Mathias Hounkpè
The idea of introducing a Senate in Benin continues to fuel political and academic debate. The project, presented as a way to strengthen territorial r...
Benin – 2026 Legislative Elections: candidate filings from November 15 to 19
The National Autonomous Electoral Commission (CENA) has set the filing period for candidacy applications for the 2026 legislative elections. Political...
Benin: classified forests of the Kouffè and Wari Maro mountains transformed into a national park
The Beninese government has decided to reclassify the classified forests of Monts Kouffè and Wari Maro as a new national park. A feasibility study con...
Bohicon: 2 drug traffickers arrested with 130 kg of drugs hidden in corn
Officers from the 1st arrondissement police station in Bohicon arrested two motorcyclists at dawn on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, at the Dako intersect...
Cotonou Court of First Instance: a Nigerien national charged with insulting Patrice Talon
A man of Nigerien nationality appeared on Tuesday, 11 November 2025, before the first in flagrante delicto criminal chamber of the Cotonou Court of Fi...
Benin: CENA receives the digitized voter list
The electoral process has reached a new stage in Benin. The National Agency for the Identification of Persons (Anip) officially handed over the Comput...
UFOA B U20: the Amazons fall to Nigeria and end a difficult campaign
Dominated by the Falconets, already crowned before the match, the young Beninese concluded the UFOA-B U20 Women’s Cup 2025 with a fourth defeat ...
Benin: lifeless body found at Godomey PK14
A tragedy occurred early on the morning of Wednesday, November 12, 2025, in Godomey PK14, where the lifeless body of a woman was found. According to a...
2026 municipal elections: The Democrats take their case to the Supreme Court
The party Les Démocrates has decided to officially challenge the exclusion of its list from the 2026 municipal elections. Its spokesperson, Guy Mitokp...
Expansion of the Allada-Toffo-Zè regional hospital: a major burns unit soon to be operational
Faced with the high influx observed since its opening, the Allada-Toffo-Zè zonal hospital will undergo major expansion works. The Council of Ministers...
Benin: report of the Council of Ministers meeting of 12 November 2025
The Government of Rupture met this Wednesday, 12 November 2025, in Council of Ministers. During this conclave, several decisions were taken. Below is ...
2026 legislative elections: UP-Le Renouveau (UP-R) announces the repositioning of all its sitting MPs
Ahead of the 2026 legislative elections, the Union Progressiste Le Renouveau (UP-R) has affirmed its determination to keep all deputies from its curre...
Benin: appointments announced at the Council of Ministers on Wednesday
President Patrice Talon presided this Wednesday, 12 November 2025, over the weekly session of the Council of Ministers at the Palais de la Marina. Dur...
Benin: key decisions from the Council of Ministers on November 12, 2025
Meeting this Wednesday, November 12, 2025, the Beninese government made several major decisions as part of implementing its development action program...
Benin – Legislative Elections 2026: The Democrats, Alone Against Everyone
The party Les Démocrates (LD) has decided to go it alone for the 2026 legislative elections. No alliance, no parliamentary agreement, no compromise. I...
Benin: Toward a de facto political truce as early as 2026?
The year 2026 could mark a historic turning point for Beninese political life. Excluded from the presidential race, absent from the municipal election...
Benin-FIDA cooperation: Olushegun Bakari receives Claudia Savarese’s letters of appointment
The Beninese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olushegun Adjadi Bakari, received on Monday, November 10, 2025 the letters of credence of Claudia Savarese, ...
Benin – Municipal elections: the LD party denounces a glaring injustice and demands that CENA audit the files.
The party Les Démocrates (LD) held a press briefing on Tuesday afternoon about its participation in the 2026 municipal elections. On that occasion, th...
Benin – National Assembly: the proposed constitutional amendment bill to be examined next Friday
The President of the National Assembly, Louis Gbehounou Vlavonou, summons the deputies to a plenary session to be held on Friday, 14 November 2025 at ...
Benin: appointment of the members of the Board of Directors of the Société des Aéroports du Bénin
The President of the Republic, Patrice Talon, appointed the members of the Board of Directors of the Société des Aéroports du Bénin (SAB S.A.) by decr...
Benin – smuggling of tropical products: a commissioner and 3 customs officers face up to two years in prison
The case of smuggling tropical products in Kassouala, in the commune of Tchaourou, continues to make waves. The public prosecutor’s office at th...
Benin – Constitutional revision: Théodore Holo gives his technical opinion
Constitutional expert Théodore Holo spoke on Monday, November 11, 2025, about the constitutional amendment project aimed at establishing an upper cham...
Benin: nearly 100 kg of counterfeit medicines seized by the police in Adjarra
A nighttime operation led by First Class Police Commissioner Dombouri Rachad and his team resulted in the interception of a large stock of counterfeit...