Benin

In a bold move to combat cross-border smuggling, Beninese authorities shut down a clandestine waterway during the night of May 23–24 in the commune of...

A tragic discovery has shaken the Agata Houssa neighborhood in the Akassato district of Abomey-Calavi. On Wednesday, May 28, 2025, the decomposed bodi...

A tragic accident claimed the life of a woman on the morning of Friday, May 23, 2025, in Agongointo, a district in the commune of Bohicon. The woman w...

It was a day the residents of Sakété, in Benin’s Plateau Department, won’t soon forget. On Thursday, May 29, 2025, a horrific road accident claimed th...

On Thursday, May 29, Sidi Ould Tah, former Minister of Economy of Mauritania, was elected president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group follo...

A deadly road accident occurred on Thursday, May 29, 2025, near Kakara in the commune of N’Dali. According to local radio station Su Tii Sua, a ...

Moscow has proposed a new round of direct negotiations with Kyiv to be held in Istanbul on Monday, June 2, 2025. The announcement was made by Russian ...

A fire broke out on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 28, 2025, at the 7th Inter-Army Battalion in Kandi, northern Benin, following a series of loud det...

Benin has once again asserted its dominance in the West African cotton industry, recording an exceptional 637,063.51 tons of seed cotton for the 2024–...

The Société des Infrastructures Routières et de l’Aménagement du Territoire (SIRAT SA) is under parliamentary scrutiny following a formal inquiry laun...

On Tuesday, May 27, 2025, Benin officially launched a key infrastructure initiative with the installation of a national oversight committee in Cotonou...

In the ongoing case linked to the alleged foiled coup involving businessman Olivier Boko and former minister Oswald Homeky, Benin’s Constitutional Cou...

Grief still hangs heavy over the village of Dasso, in the commune of Ouinhi, after a devastating fire claimed the lives of two children earlier this w...

Abomey, the former capital of the Kingdom of Dahomey, was battered on Wednesday by a rare and violent storm marked by strong winds and heavy rainfall....

The Cotonou First-Class Court of First Instance has delivered its verdict in a sensitive case involving two French nationals accused of attempting to ...

With just days to go before the start of the 2025 Primary School Leaving Certificate (CEP) exams, Benin’s Ministry of Pre-Primary and Primary Educatio...

A man in his forties died on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, after suffering a sudden illness during intimate moments in a guesthouse in Tohouè, a locality in ...

Seven members of a single family lost their lives in a fatal road accident on Thursday, May 29, 2025, in Ita-Djèbou, a locality in the commune of Saké...

Despite investing over one billion euros in tourism since 2016, Benin remains isolated by air. Without a national airline to connect Cotonou to major ...

In a Council of Ministers meeting held this Wednesday, the Beninese government approved the creation of the Société Béninoise d’Infrastructures Mariti...

Thirty damaged infrastructures across 16 municipalities in Benin will soon undergo rehabilitation, following a decision taken at the Council of Minist...

During the Council of Ministers held on Wednesday, May 28, and chaired by President Patrice Talon, the Beninese government adopted new measures to imp...

During a cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, May 28, the Beninese government reviewed several key items, including the transmission of the 2026–2028 Mu...

On May 24, 2025, the mayor of Tanguiéta, El Hadj Zakari Boukary, visited villages affected by recent terrorist attacks to reassure residents about the...

As Benin gears up for the 2026 general elections, the issue of the quitus fiscal—the mandatory tax clearance certificate—has once again ignited politi...

Appearing on the political talk show Zone Franche broadcast on Canal 3, Minister-Counselor Jacques Ayadji addressed recent criticisms made by former M...

On May 21 and 22, 2025, the Moroccan Parliament hosted the 83rd session of the Executive Committee of the African Parliamentary Union (UPA) in Rabat. ...

As Benin heads toward its 2026 general elections, the political atmosphere is growing increasingly tense. Among the voices raising alarm is that of po...

In Godomey, a district of Abomey-Calavi, a pregnant woman was reportedly the victim of a violent assault involving a man claiming to be a traditional ...

Ousmane Kampo, widely known as “Naba” and serving as mayor of the commune of Konna, has been abducted while carrying out his duties. The k...