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The opposition party Les Démocrates (LD) reacted forcefully on Tuesday to the attempt to remove ten municipal councilors from Kandi, from the FCBE and UP-R, who had recently joined its ranks. At a press briefing in Cotonou, Boni Yayi’s party denounced an “underhanded strategy” by the presidential camp, which it accuses of resorting to maneuvers […]

A serious traffic accident occurred on the morning of Tuesday, August 26, 2025, at Wodo Bridge, near Ina, in the commune of Bembéréké. A 4×4 vehicle belonging to an NGO and bound for Banikoara plunged into the water. According to information reported by Bip Radio, two people were on board: the driver and his supervisor. […]

Just days before the start of the school year, the Ministry of Secondary, Technical, and Vocational Education and Training (MESTFP) has just issued an important message to Aspirants to the Teaching Profession (AME). In a statement released on Monday, August 25, 2025, the ministry announced a one-time reopening of the EducMaster platform to allow latecomers […]

The Republican Police announced this Tuesday, August 26, 2025, the arrest of the prime suspect in the burglary that occurred last February at the Hêvié Adovié preschool and primary school. The man, on the run for more than six months, is now in police custody as part of the ongoing judicial investigation. According to the […]

The Beninese government is taking another step in its international economic influence strategy by organizing, on Thursday, August 28, 2025, the Benin Business Forum in Higashi-Osaka, Japan. This initiative aims to strengthen trade ties between Benin and Japan and position the country as a strategic investment destination in West Africa. According to the official statement, […]

One year ahead of the general elections scheduled for 2026, lawyer and consultant Adégbola Franck Oké has sent an official letter to the Secretary-General of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF). In this letter, he draws attention to certain restrictive provisions in Benin’s electoral law, which he considers potentially harmful to the fairness of […]

As the 2026 presidential election approaches, the debate over candidate sponsorship continues to stir the Beninese political scene. Former minister and ex-political adviser to the Force cauris pour un Bénin émergent (FCBE), Alain François Adihou, has responded to the March 2024 electoral reform and the recent Decision No. 2025/12 of the Commission électorale nationale autonome […]

During the night of Saturday, August 23 to Sunday, August 24, 2025, the Republican Police carried out a large-scale raid on several bars and drinking establishments in the arrondissement of Godomey. Objective: to enforce the prefectural order that bans the consumption of hookah in the Atlantique Department. During the operation, several hookah devices were seized […]

Dragnet in Parakou. Agents of the National Center for Digital Investigation (CNIN), backed by security forces, arrested twelve individuals suspected of cybercrime. The operation, carried out between Tuesday, August 19 and Friday, August 22, 2025, was made possible thanks to precise intelligence, reports Fraternité FM. Searches led to the seizure of computer equipment and digital […]

The National Assembly’s Rules of Procedure, recently amended, do not fully comply with the Constitution. This is the finding of a decision issued on August 8, 2025 by the Constitutional Court, following a referral by the president of Parliament. In the ruling reported by Banouto, the Constitutional Court declared the new Article 133 introduced by […]

The president of the Democratic Party of Côte d’Ivoire (PDCI-RDA), Tidjane Thiam, intends to remain in the race for the presidential election scheduled for October 2025. After obtaining his certificate of nationality on Thursday, August 21, his candidacy file was officially submitted on Sunday, August 24 to the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) by a party […]

A tragedy shook the Bakata neighborhood, in Kandi’s first arrondissement, during the night of Saturday, August 23 to Sunday, August 24, 2025. Around 3:15 a.m., a group of unidentified armed men stormed into a compound and shot dead a soldier in his own bedroom. According to witness accounts collected by Fraternité Fm, the attackers first […]

The Prefect of Atlantique Department, Jean-Claude Codjia, decided to suspend two orders issued by the mayor of Toffo, Bibiane Soglo Adamazé. These orders, dated August 12 and 19, 2025, concerned the appointment of new chairs of standing committees within the municipal council. According to Prefectural Order No. 3/ATL/2025D/3367/SG/STCCD/SA, the measure follows several irregularities noted during […]

A few months before the 2026 general elections, a Beninese legal expert sent a letter to the President of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). In his letter, he draws the subregional institution’s attention to certain provisions of the Beninese Electoral Code deemed worrying. This appeal comes in a tense […]

The Gada customs post, located about 5 kilometers east of Malanville, was the target of an armed attack on the night of Friday, August 22, 2025. According to security sources, armed individuals tried to surprise the military detachment deployed on site around 11 p.m. Alerted, soldiers from the 7th Joint Battalion quickly returned fire. The […]

On Friday, August 22, 2025, the Ministry of Labor and the Civil Service released the lists of applications accepted and rejected for the selection test for 250 probationary assistants in public universities. These lists can be viewed on the official website of the Ministry of Labor and the Civil Service (here) as well as on […]

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara officially filed, on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, his candidacy for the October presidential election. A long-awaited confirmation that opens the way to a fourth consecutive term, despite persistent political tensions in the country. Alassane Ouattara puts an end to the suspense. In a televised address broadcast on July 29, the 83-year-old […]

The Haute Direction Politique (HDP) of the Union Progressiste le Renouveau (UP-R) announced, on Monday, August 25, 2025, the temporary suspension of new memberships from the Bloc Républicain (BR). In a directive signed by the Secretary General, Gérard Gbenonchi, the HDP stated that any membership originating from the Bloc Républicain is suspended when it concerns […]