Djidja: A septuagenarian found dead in a cistern in Adamè Houèglo
A tragedy unfolded on Sunday, June 15, 2025, at Adamè Houèglo, a locality in the Mougnon district, within the municipality of Djidja. A man, about 70 ...
Benin
Djougou: Three wandering elephants wreak havoc in the village of Déna
For several weeks now, the population of the village of Déna, located in the first arrondissement of Djougou (Donga department), has been living under...
Decentralization in Benin: the government adjusts the reform for more efficiency
On June 13, 2025, at the Palais de la Marina, President Patrice Talon and key actors in decentralization conducted an in-depth evaluation of the refor...
Renovation of the Ganvié Lake City: towards the construction of 250 modern homes
The Benin government takes a new step in the “Reinvent the lakeland city of Ganvié” project with the launch of the phase to create prototy...
Benin: Minutes of the Council of Ministers Meeting on Wednesday, June 18, 2025
The government of change convened this Wednesday, June 18, 2025 in a cabinet meeting. Following this governmental conclave, the following decisions we...
Benin: an intern diverts 53 million through fake checks in a microfinance
A former intern of a mutual fund is currently being tried by the Court for the Repression of Economic Offenses and Terrorism (CRIET). He is accused of...
Benin – Repeated theft of cash at the residence of an attorney: the gardener under suspicion
A young gardener found himself in the dock at the Cotonou Court of First Instance on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, for a case of cash theft at a lawyer̵...
Political misinformation on the ground: Ayadji invites Djogbénou and Bio Tchané to straighten out their supporters
In an interview given to Guérite TV, Jacques Ayadji, president of the Moele-Bénin party, expressed his deep dissatisfaction with certain practices obs...
Parakou: A hairdresser gets 10 years in prison for s3xual offenses on minors
A 42-year-old hairdresser has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, with 5 years to be served without parole, by the Parakou court for sexual offenses...
Modern markets in Benin: free period ends in July, giving way to fees
After a year of operating free of charge, the modern markets of Cotonou will enter a new phase starting from July 2025. Traders established in these i...
Benin: Hosée Houngnibo faces a new proceeding before the Criet
New legal troubles for the former OB26 movement coordinator. Already sanctioned in January 2025 for incitement to rebellion, Hosée Houngnibo, known fo...
“I am not an employee of UP-R,” Gratien Ahouanmenou defends his freedom of speech and his attachment to PRD.
In a letter dated June 16, 2025, addressed to the General Secretary of the Progressive Union the Renewal (UP-R), Gratien-Laurent Ahouanmenou responds ...
Benin – Sonsoro’s Board of Directors attacked by individuals: his account from his hospital bed
The district chief of Sonsoro, in the municipality of Kandi, is currently hospitalized at the zone hospital, after being violently attacked on Friday,...
International Mobility: Benin launches the campaign “Everything Starts with a Good Start”
The Beninese government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has launched an awareness campaign titled “Everything Starts with a Good Begin...
Benin: seizure of 43 slabs of narcotics on board a driving school car
The Republican Police announced this Tuesday, June 17, 2025, the seizure of 43 packets of narcotics in Besse, in the Collines department. The operatio...
Benin: a couple accused of a bank fraud amounting to 300 million FCFA
A couple involved in a large-scale bank fraud case is being prosecuted for embezzling several hundred million CFA francs from the accounts of a financ...
Nuclear: Iran considers its withdrawal from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Iran threatens to withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), a major international pact it ratified in 1970. This pos...
Benin: Sonsoro police station in Kandi targeted by armed attack
An armed attack targeted the Sonsoro police station, a locality under the jurisdiction of the Kandi municipality, in the Alibori Department, on the ni...
Benin: 1600 ha of mangoes and citrus trees projected for the 2025 fruit tree campaign
Benin has kicked off the fifth edition of its national fruit tree planting campaign. The 2025 edition plans to plant over 1,600 hectares of mangoes an...
Travel to the United States: Benin among the 25 African countries potentially targeted by new restrictions
Washington is considering expanding its blacklist of countries subjected to travel restrictions for national security reasons. Benin is among the 25 A...
Combating the trafficking of psychotropic substances: a new seizure carried out in Cotonou
The Republican Police continues its relentless fight against the illicit trafficking of psychotropic products. On the night of Friday, June 13, 2025, ...
ECC Reunification: Talon participates in the 2nd CST session as guest of honor
The Celestial Church of Christ has taken a major step in its journey towards unity. From June 12 to 14, 2025, the second session of the Superior Trans...
Gilbert Déou Malé: “Benin has no political prisoners”
Appearing on Daabaaru TV’s show Unpacking, the counselor to the minister of justice and foreign affairs, Gilbert Déou Malé, asserted that Benin ...
Decentralization reform in Benin: local stakeholders share their expectations
The President of the Republic, Patrice Talon, gathered on Friday June 13, 2025, at the Marina Palace, the prefects, mayors, deputy mayors, Executive S...
Benin: 2 fake “zémidjan” betrayed by their abandoned cell phone at the scene of a robbery
In Djakotomey, in the Couffo department, two individuals posing as motorcycle taxi drivers, commonly called Zémidjan, were apprehended by the police a...
Tanguiéta: Mayor bans certain crops for security reasons
In response to the continuing threat of terrorist attacks in northern Benin, the municipality of Tanguiéta is taking unprecedented measures. By decisi...
Benin: Journalist Comlan Hugues Sossoukpè to appear in Criet this Monday
The Beninese journalist Comlan Hugues Sossoukpè, who was arrested in Abidjan and extradited to Benin, is scheduled to appear this Monday, July 14, 202...
Heavy silence from Boni Yayi on the eve of the 2026 presidential election: the twilight of a political sphinx?
Once upon a time, every public appearance of Boni Yayi and the throngs of people it drew, caused a stir in the Beninese political realm. His media rem...
Parakou: Unauthorized event interrupted by the Republican Police
This Sunday, the Republican Police intervened at the open-air museum in Parakou to end a festive gathering organized without prior authorization. The ...
“I am satisfied and I hope that the procedures will be carried through to the end,” Hugues Sossoukpè
Invited to the set of the private channel E-Télé this Sunday, July 13, 2025, the adviser minister Sèdami Fagla discussed forthrightly the case of Coml...