Regional cooperation: the ECOWAS Representative received by the President of the HAAC
The President of the Haute Autorité de l’Audiovisuel et de la Communication (HAAC), Édouard C. Loko, received in audience on Monday, November 10, 2025...
Benin
Benin: another Les Démocrates official jailed in the forged documents case
A new judicial blow hits the main opposition party, Les Démocrates (LD). A departmental party official was placed in pretrial detention on Monday, Nov...
Benin: 2 young men charged before the CRIET in an online fraud case
The Court for the Repression of Economic Offenses and Terrorism (CRIET) examined, on Monday, November 10, 2025, an internet fraud case involving two y...
Bassila: the Republican Police steps up the crackdown on criminal networks
Outlaws have no respite in Bassila. The arrondissement police station has, for several days, stepped up field operations, combining targeted investiga...
Parakou : more fear than harm in a fire in Kpébié
Fortunately, it was more scare than damage on Monday, November 10, 2025, in Parakou. A fire broke out shortly before noon on an unoccupied plot in the...
Benin: ACDPE teachers appeal to Talon over their situation
In Benin, around one hundred teachers who are State Public Law Contractual Agents (ACDPE) under the Ministry of Secondary, Technical and Vocational Ed...
Benin – 2026 municipal elections: the Démocrates’ candidacy declared inadmissible
The Commission électorale nationale autonome (CENA) published on Monday, November 10, 2025, a decision regarding the admissibility of candidacy files ...
Benin: The Democrats rule out any parliamentary agreement for the legislative elections
The party Les Démocrates (LD) has made its decision. Meeting in a national council on Friday, November 8, 2025, the party decided unanimously not to c...
Couffo Department: three young armed robbers arrested in Klouékanmè
On Tuesday, November 4, 2025, an operation carried out by the Klouékanmè central police station led to the arrest of three young men, aged 20 to 22, s...
Benin – Constitutional revision in Benin: three trade union federations speak out
The proposed revision of the Constitution has sparked strong reactions within the trade union movement. In an open letter made public on Thursday, Nov...
Benin: the Police Républicaine launches toll-free number 117 for citizens
The Republican Police inaugurated a national call center on Friday, November 7, 2025, and launched the new toll-free number 117, completely free and a...
2026 World Cup playoffs – Nigeria vs Gabon: Gernot Rohr backs the Super Eagles
With just days to go until the Nigeria vs Gabon showdown, part of the African playoffs for the 2026 World Cup, Benin’s coach, Gernot Rohr, voice...
Municipal elections 2026: Moele Bénin, FCBE and Les Démocrates finalize their candidate registration files
The political parties Mouvement des Élites Engagées pour l’Émancipation du Bénin (Moele Bénin), Forces Cauris pour un Bénin Émergent (FCBE) and Les Dé...
Forgery of proxy votes by the LD party: the contents of the CRIET prosecutor’s press release
The Special Prosecutor at the Court for the Repression of Economic Offences and Terrorism (CRIET), Élonm Mario Mètonou, issued a press release that ca...
Benin: investigation opened into forged documents targeting officials of the party Les Démocrates
The special prosecutor’s office attached to the Court for the Repression of Economic Offenses and Terrorism (CRIET) announced on Thursday, Novem...
Les Démocrates at the National Council: between political survival and the search for a strategy for 2026
This Friday, November 7, 2025, the party Les Démocrates is holding an extraordinary National Council meeting that will be decisive for its future. The...
Benin: Dassa-Zoumè hosts the second phase of the “Community Police Month”
The Republican Police launched the second phase of Community Police Month on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, in Dassa-Zoumè. This national campaign, laun...
Benin – Release-for-300,000 FCFA case: former Tokplégbé commissioner gives his side of the story
Beninese justice is continuing the investigation into a sensitive case involving the alleged release of a man held in custody for rape in exchange for...
2026 municipal elections: time is once again against Les Démocrates at the CENA
The Les Démocrates party is racing against the clock to complete its candidacy file for the 2026 municipal elections. The provisional receipt, accompa...
Qatar World Summit: Véronique Tognifodé highlights Benin’s social governance
The Minister of Social Affairs and Microfinance, Véronique Tognifodé, represented Benin from 4 to 6 November 2025 in Doha (Qatar) at the 2nd World Sum...
Tchaourou: young man’s lifeless body discovered at the bus station
A tragedy struck the municipality of Tchaourou on Wednesday evening. The lifeless body of a young man, about twenty years old, was found at the town&#...
Fake recruitment ads: Benin’s CENA warns the public
The Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA) warns citizens about the spread of false information regarding the recruitment of electoral agents...
Benin: Daniel Edah calls on Talon and Yayi to hold a national dialogue to ease political tensions
In a statement made public on Thursday, November 6, 2025 from Addis Ababa, Daniel Edah, a Beninese politician and former presidential candidate, calle...
Benin: HCPC launches nationwide campaign against electoral fraud
The High Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (HCPC) announced on Thursday, November 6, 2025 the launch of a new awareness campaign titled R...
Benin – Parti Les Démocrates: Chabi-Barka Bekourou Nadjibh explains his resignation
Alternate deputy Chabi-Barka Bekourou Nadjibh is no longer a member of the opposition party Les Démocrates (LD). Appearing on the Actu Matin set this ...
Benin – 2026 Elections: the Supreme Court revisits the “Petitioner’s Guide” to better equip citizens
A few months ahead of the 2026 municipal, legislative and presidential elections, the Supreme Court of Benin is taking the lead. It has just published...
Benin — Agriculture and livestock: 80 water reservoirs to be built or rehabilitated
The Government of Benin announced on Thursday, November 6, 2025, an ambitious water infrastructure project to strengthen the resilience of the agricul...
Talon’s media appearance: the final round before the epilogue of a duel that’s gone on too long
Announced by the press and awaited by public opinion, Patrice Talon agreed on Tuesday evening to an exercise he himself dislikes: the televised interv...
Constitutional revision in Benin: why this Wednesday’s plenary session was postponed
Originally scheduled to be examined in plenary on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, the bill introduced by deputies Aké Natondé (Union Progressiste le Reno...
Tragedy in Pèrèrè: a man found hanged in a teak plantation
A tragedy occurred on the morning of Tuesday, November 4, 2025, in Pèrèrè. A man identified as Kpakidanrou Worou was found hanged in a teak field loca...