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On the eve of Christmas celebrations and a few days before the official opening of the election campaigns, the Observatory for Deontology and Ethics in the Media (ODEM) invited, on December 24, 2025, media professionals to a press conference devoted to a central issue which is the journalist’s code of conduct in the context of […]
An extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers is taking place this Friday, December 26, 2025 in Cotonou, presided over by the Head of State, Patrice Talon. Convened outside the normal calendar, this session takes place in a particularly sensitive institutional and security context. If the files under review by this extraordinary Council of Ministers […]
Chabi Yayi, secretary for external relations of the Les Démocrates party, is once again expected before the Court for the Repression of Economic Offenses and Terrorism this Friday, December 26, 2025, according to sources close to the case. This appearance comes one week after his questioning by investigators on Thursday, December 18, when he was […]
Journalist Olivier Allochémé regained his freedom following his trial before the Court for the Repression of Economic Offenses and Terrorism (CRIET). Detained at Abomey-Calavi Civil Prison since October 16, 2025, the editor-in-chief of the daily L’Événement Précis was released following the decision handed down by the CRIET’s Second Criminal Chamber. Charged with publishing false information […]
The results of the 2025 national Master’s examination have just been published, showing a national pass rate of 63.31%. This performance, made official by the educational authorities, concerns all candidates who took part in this exam held across the entire territory of Benin.According to the figures released, more than six in ten candidates passed their […]
The Beninese government reaffirmed its commitment to support the families of soldiers who died defending the country’s territorial integrity. To help the widows and orphans of these soldiers get through the holiday season, the Ministry of Defense provided them with food kits comprising sacks of rice, sacks of maize, jerrycans of oil, and pasta… At […]
The deputy Soumaïla Sounon Boké, elected from the Les Démocrates party, has been remanded in custody on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, following his appearance before the special prosecutor of the Court for Repression of Economic and Terrorist Offences (CRIET). According to his lawyer, Me Aboubacar Baparapé, contacted by BIP Radio, the parliamentarian is charged with […]
Fourteen days after the coup attempt thwarted on December 7, 2025, the Chief of the General Staff of the Beninese Armed Forces, Major General Fructueux Gbaguidi, shared his impressions with Bip Radio colleagues. Absent from the national territory at the time of the events, the head of the army says he nonetheless coordinated the strategic […]
Before the MPs, this Tuesday, December 23, at the National Assembly, the President of the Republic, Patrice Talon, dedicated a key portion of his final address on the state of the nation to the question of Benin’s democratic model. A direct response to criticisms accusing his regime of having weakened the country’s democratic gains. The […]
Before the deputies, on the occasion of his tenth and final State of the Nation address, the President of the Republic, Patrice Talon, laid out a political record largely dominated by the defense of the reforms undertaken during his two terms. A candid exercise in which the president stressed that democracy cannot be equated with […]
The President of the Republic, Patrice Talon, delivered this Tuesday, December 23, 2025, his tenth message to the Nation. A speech with a strong political and symbolic charge, which the Head of State himself presented as a legacy, as his term draws to a close. Through this solemn address, he laid out an overall assessment […]
Since the new Constitution of Benin was promulgated, arising from the revision adopted in November and validated in December 2025, the role of the Constitutional Court has been redefined. This institutional adjustment, undertaken as part of the reform, involves significant changes to the prerogatives of the high court. In a press briefing, constitutional scholar and […]
Interpol announced the arrest of 574 individuals as part of a wide international operation conducted simultaneously in Benin and in 18 other African countries. The operation, coordinated by the global policing organization, aims to strengthen the fight against cybercrime, a scourge on the rise that is increasingly mobilizing security services at the continental level. According […]
Beninese activist Kemi Seba announced, on Monday, December 22, 2025, the arrest of his ex-partner through a video published on his Facebook page. This arrest comes as the pan-African influencer himself is targeted by an international arrest warrant for his alleged support of the thwarted coup attempt in Benin. It was through a highly publicized […]
The largest oil pipeline in Africa, linking Niger to Benin, was sabotaged again on Sunday, December 21, 2025, by rebels opposed to the junta in power in Niamey. This attack, claimed by the MPLJ, directly threatens Niger’s oil revenues and raises the risk of fuel shortages. A new coup against a strategic infrastructure. On Sunday, […]
The Court for the Repression of Economic Offences and Terrorism (CRIET) acquitted Hosee Houngnibo on Thursday, December 22, 2025, in a case of false accusation with which he had been charged. The decision was based on the assessment of the evidence, which did not make it possible to establish the accused’s guilt with certainty. Hosee […]
The President of the Republic, Patrice Talon, will face the deputies of the National Assembly tomorrow, Tuesday, 23 December 2025, to deliver his final State of the Nation address. This constitutional exercise takes place in an especially sensitive political and institutional context, marked by the recent foiled coup attempt and the enactment of the new […]
In a question-and-answer addressed to the government, Habibou Worou Koubou, a deputy from the opposition party Les Démocrates, is requesting clarification on the arrest of his colleague… The latter was arrested by the Republican Police and held in custody at the criminal investigation unit for praising/advocating a coup d’État. In his query, the parliamentarian draws […]
Benin obtained financing of €306.89 million, or about 201.3 billion CFA francs, from the Islamic Development Bank (BID) for the widening and modernization of the Godomey–Ouidah–Hillacondji road. According to Agence Ecofin, this financing targets the Beninese section of the Cotonou–Lomé corridor, a strategic route connecting the Cotonou metropolitan area to the Benin–Togo border, and integrated […]
The heads of state of the Alliance of Sahel States are meeting from Monday, December 22, 2025 in Bamako for a 48-hour summit. Among the items on the agenda is the attempted coup thwarted in Benin on Sunday, December 7, Africaho learned from diplomatic sources. The event that took place in Cotonou features prominently in […]
