In Benin, a plumber arrested after operating on a patient with HIV/AIDS
The Godomey police station arrested an individual pretending to be a doctor, who had conducted two surgical procedures on a patient, claiming to cure ...
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Benin: arrest of a TikToker for public admission of cybercrime
The National Center for Digital Investigation (CNIN) has arrested Geoffroy Fridich, a TikTok content creator, for alleged acts of cybercrime. The arre...
Fighting against corruption: the BOAD and Benin’s HCPC seal a strategic partnership
The West African Development Bank (BOAD) and the High Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (HCPC) of Benin signed, on August 7, 2025, an agreem...
Electoral Process: Opposition Denounces Delays and Calls for Greater Rigour
The Opposition Consultation Framework in Benin expressed its concerns this Thursday about the delays recorded in the implementation of the election sc...
Benin: Janvier Yahouédéou discusses the reasons for his break with Boni Yayi
The coordinating minister of President Patrice Talon’s advisory council, Janvier Yahouédéou, explained, on Saturday August 9, 2025 on the set of...
“I almost put Boni Yayi in prison,” Janvier Yahouédéou
On the set of the Info Hebdo show broadcast on Saturday, August 9th, 2025 on Esae TV, Janvier Yahouédéou, coordinating minister of the presidential ad...
Benin: 2 herders killed in the Collines department
Two herders lost their lives in violent and still unexplained circumstances within a few days in the Hills department. These incidents have reignited ...
Drama in Zogbodomey: a man dies under the blows of three private security agents
In the Onab forest, located in the Zoukou district, a simple bodily need turned into a tragic nightmare. A man, seeking some respite in nature, was ta...
Benin: five individuals arrested in Kérou for armed robbery
The Republican Police conducted a new operation in the Atacora department. On Monday, August 4, 2025, the Kerou central district police station appreh...
Benin: According to the opposition, experts have recorded 300,000 deaths in the electoral file.
The Beninese opposition believes that the preliminary findings of the independent audit of the electoral roll, conducted by international experts, con...
Adjohoun: a mother and her daughter perish in a suspected arson
Two women, a mother and her daughter, died in a fire that occurred on the night of Saturday 2 to Sunday 3 August, in Adjohoun, in the Ouémé department...
Electoral Process: The Céna denies any delay and clarifies the upcoming steps
On Wednesday, August 6, 2025, the Director General of Elections, Boucary Abou Soulé, sought to reassure the public about adherence to the ongoing elec...
Parakou: a young taxi driver ends his life by hanging
A heart-wrenching tragedy rocked the Ganou neighborhood in Parakou in the morning of Wednesday, August 6, 2025. A 23-year-old man, a taxi driver by pr...
Benin: The CRIET Condemns a Couple for Embezzlement of 294 Million FCFA
The Court of Repression of Economic Crimes and Terrorism (CRIET) delivered its verdict on Monday, August 4, 2025, in a case of embezzlement involving ...
Tragic helicopter crash in Ghana: Benin expresses its solidarity and pays tribute to the victims
The tragedy that occurred on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, in the skies over Ghana has shaken many beyond its borders. A helicopter crash in the Andansi ...
Akponna Case: The HCPC reveals the content of its investigation report this Thursday
The curtain could finally lift this Thursday, August 7, 2025, on one of the year’s most explosive files: the Akponna case. At the heart of the t...
Abomey-Calavi: the city hall warns about the presence of abandoned bodies in morgues
The city hall of Abomey-Calavi raised the alarm this Wednesday, August 6, 2025, through an official statement regarding a concerning situation: severa...
Drug trafficking crackdown: 2 ghettos dismantled, several arrests in Dogbo and Pahou
The fight against drug trafficking continues rigorously throughout the nation. This Wednesday, two operations carried out respectively in the towns of...
Recruitment competition for the MEF: two tests cancelled due to unequal treatment
The Ministry of Labor and Public Service has announced the cancellation of two tests from the recruitment competition organized for the Ministry of Ec...
Benin: Daniel Edah applauds the thoroughness of the electoral file audit and calls for the implementation of the recommendations
The day after the publication of the report by the panel of international experts in charge of auditing the electoral roll, Daniel Edah, a former pres...
Benin: On tour in Porto Novo, Yayi Boni encourages his supporters to help Talon finish his term well.
A large and enthusiastic crowd welcomed the former president of the Republic and president of the opposition party Les Démocrates, Yayi Boni, on his v...
Electoral File Audit: the initial conclusions of the expert mission
The head of the experts’ mission, Ronsard Malonda, delivered his preliminary findings on the ongoing audit of the electoral roll at a press conf...
Benin: Hundreds of rotten chickens removed from a fish shop
Hundreds of rotting chicken carcasses were removed from a fish shop in Abomey-Calavi on Monday, August 4, 2025, under police supervision. This Monday ...
2026 Presidential Election in Benin: diaspora called to enlist before September 30, 2025
The countdown has begun. In April 2026, the people of Benin will be called to the polls to elect the successor to President Patrice Talon, whose secon...
Smuggling at the Benin – Togo border: 2 years in prison and confiscation of 29 million FCFA demanded against a man
An individual was apprehended in March 2025 at the border between Benin and Togo and is being prosecuted for smuggling agricultural goods and non-decl...
Benin: the Anfani movement officially joins the Progressive Union for Renewal
The Progressive Union the Renewal continues its methodical deployment across the entire national territory. In this dynamic of consolidation and openi...
Criet: Two people tried for false testimony and money laundering
On Monday, August 4, 2025, the Court for the Repression of Economic Offenses and Terrorism (CRIET) examined a case involving two individuals: a man an...
General Elections 2026: Céna briefs political parties in Cotonou
Less than a year before Benin’s first general elections in history, the Autonomous National Electoral Commission (Céna) continues its consultati...
Fight against terrorism: new victory of the Beninese Armed Forces in the Pendjari Park
The Beninese Armed Forces (BAF) have recorded a new success against active terrorist groups in the north of the country. During an offensive reconnais...
Benin: Results of the recruitment competition for 172 state officials for the benefit of the MEF (list)
The Department of Labor and Civil Service announced on Friday, August 8, 2025, the list of candidates admissible for the recruitment competition of 17...