Policy

After the attempted coup foiled on December 7, 2025, in Benin, the United Nations emphasized the need to undertake broad consultations in the processes of constitutional and institutional reform. The call was made on Friday, December 19, by the United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary‑General for West Africa and the Sahel, Barrie Freeman, […]

In Benin, the Court for the Repression of Economic and Terrorist Offenses (CRIET) remanded Candide Azannaï in custody on the night of Friday, December 19 to Saturday, December 20, 2025. The decision came shortly after 1 a.m. After several hours of questioning, CRIET ordered that Candide Azannaï be remanded in custody. This measure now deprives […]

The President of the Republic, Patrice Talon, defended during his media appearance on Thursday, December 18 the establishment of the political truce introduced by the recently enacted constitutional revision. For the head of state, this reform meets a need: to get Benin out of a cycle of permanent political tension which, he says, slows public […]

The day after the enactment of the new Constitution, which took place on Wednesday, December 17, President Patrice Talon explained to the press the main innovations of the text, notably the establishment of the Senate and the extension of the presidential term from five to seven years. The head of state says this is neither […]

The President of the Republic, Patrice Talon, is scheduled to appear before the National Assembly on Tuesday, December 23, 2025 to deliver his annual State of the Nation address. This intervention, scheduled at the Palace of the Governors in Porto-Novo, is in accordance with the provisions of Article 72 of the Constitution, which stipulates that […]

Meeting in Abuja from 1 to 13 December 2025 for its second ordinary session of the year, the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States adopted a firm resolution condemning the attempted coup that took place in Benin on 7 December 2025. The regional institution reaffirmed its support for Benin’s constitutional government, while […]

The President of the Republic, Patrice Talon, is announced on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at the Palais des Gouverneurs in Porto-Novo, seat of the National Assembly, where he will deliver his annual State of the Nation address. In accordance with Article 72 of the Beninese Constitution, this address is intended to inform members of the […]

The Parti Restaurer l’Espoir (RE) and the Coordination nationale de la Résistance nationale formally denied, on Tuesday 17 December 2025, a report claiming the release of their president, Candide Azannaï. In a statement signed by Dr Adolé Félicité Akueson, they urged the public to remain calm and not give in to rumors or provocations. The […]

The President of the Republic, Patrice Talon, announced on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, the promulgation of the law amending and supplementing the Constitution of December 11, 1990. This decision follows the Constitutional Court’s declaration that the said law is in conformity, after examining the appeals filed following its adoption by the National Assembly. The revision […]

The President of the Republic, Patrice Talon, will hold a meeting with the press this Thursday, December 18, 2025. The announcement comes in a particularly sensitive political and security context, notably marked by the foiled coup attempt of December 7 and the recent promulgation of the revised Constitution. This media appearance by the head of […]

Reacting to a recent CEDEAO decision, Daniel Edah called for the prompt opening of a frank, inclusive and constructive national dialogue in Benin. In a public statement, the political figure urged the President of the Republic, Patrice Talon, to take the necessary measures to ease tensions and to put the country sustainably back on the […]

The party Les Démocrates strongly reacted to the arrest of deputy Soumaïla Sounon Boké, arrested today in Cotonou while the National Assembly was in the middle of a parliamentary session. The incident occurred at the very moment the party was holding an official investiture ceremony for its candidates for the 2025 legislative elections. In a […]

Invited by Crystal News, the MP for the 17th electoral constituency, Basile Ahossi, didn’t hide his hostility toward the main innovations introduced by the constitutional revision recently adopted by the National Assembly. The parliamentarian expressed his disagreement with provisions such as the “political truce, the creation of a Senate, the introduction of a seven-year presidential […]

Former president of the Constitutional Court, Lawyer Robert Dossou, provided a conceptual clarification on the terms “putsch” and “coup d’État”, often used interchangeably in public debate. According to the jurist, the events that took place on December 7, 2025 are, strictly speaking, a putsch, also referred to as a pronunciamiento. He says the term pronunciamiento, […]

A memo from the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Early Childhood and Primary Education is raising questions in the education sector. In a letter sent to departmental directors, they are asked to take stock of subscriptions intended for the upkeep and maintenance of the EducMaster digital platform. To this end, an annual support contribution […]

Detained in the early morning of Sunday, December 14, 2025 in Cotonou, Chabi Yayi, secretary for external relations of the opposition party Les Démocrates and son of former president Boni Yayi, was released on the evening of Monday, December 15, 2025. The news came on the evening of Monday, December 15, 2025. After more than […]

The Economic Community of West African States (CEDEAO) took a firm stance on the political crisis in Guinea-Bissau at the summit of its Authority of Heads of State and Government, held this Sunday in Abuja (Nigeria). Following the meeting, the regional organisation rejected the transition plan proposed by the military junta and threatened to impose […]

The heads of state and government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met for an ordinary summit in Abuja on Sunday, 14 December. At the heart of the agenda were recent regional upheavals – a coup in Guinea-Bissau, a foiled putsch in Benin, the crisis in the Sahel – as well as […]

The president of the party Restaurer l’Espoir (RE), Candide Azannaï, was arrested on Friday, December 12, 2025, late in the morning in front of his party’s headquarters in Cotonou. His apprehension, carried out by security forces, immediately attracted intense attention in the country’s already tense political context. According to initial reports relayed by Bip Radio, […]

The Constitutional Court declared Law No. 2025-20, revising the Fundamental Law of 11 December 1990, to be in conformity with the Constitution. The decision, made public on Friday 12 December 2025, puts an end to the many challenges sparked by this reform, which was adopted by the National Assembly on 14 November. Seized both by […]

A few hours after an international arrest warrant was issued against him, Sabi Sira Korogoné broke his silence. In a video widely shared on social media, the promoter of the Nikki initiative delivered a defiant speech in which he says he does not fear the head of state, Patrice Talon. Korogoné mentioned the accusations that […]

The Senegalese government announced the suspension of all extraditions to France, a measure unveiled on Thursday, 11 December 2025 by Minister of Justice Yacine Fall at the National Assembly during the review of her ministry’s 2026 budget. According to the minister, this decision responds to the blocking of extradition files initiated by Dakar that have […]

In a statement on Wednesday, the party Les Démocrates addressed the events that shook Benin on Sunday, December 7, 2025, and urged the so-called “rupture” government to avoid any political exploitation of those events. In its message, the political formation recalls its founding line, born in 2020 to defend democracy, the freedom to choose leaders […]

A workshop dedicated to updating the compendium of procedures for oversight of government action has been taking place in Grand-Popo since Tuesday, December 9, 2025. For two days, the assistants of the Parliament’s standing committees are working to produce a document fully harmonized with the recent institutional reforms. From the opening of the proceedings, presided […]

The High Authority for Audiovisual and Communication (HAAC) made public, on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, the list of private press bodies authorized to participate in the official media campaign for the legislative and municipal elections scheduled for January 11, 2026. A decision that is part of the election preparation and aims to ensure balanced and […]

The heads of the Republic’s institutions issued, on Tuesday 9 December 2025, a solemn declaration following the attempted coup foiled two days earlier in Cotonou. The document, signed by the President of the National Assembly, expresses a unanimous condemnation of this action, described as a serious attack on the constitutional order and the sovereign will […]

During the day dedicated to the memory of the victims of the 2021 to 2024 protests, Ousmane Sonko chose to deliver an unambiguous political message. The Prime Minister and leader of PASTEF told his supporters that no maneuver could prevent him from taking part in the 2029 presidential election or in other upcoming ballots. Facing […]

Former Beninese president Boni Yayi has finally reacted to the attempted overthrow of power that took place on Sunday, December 7, 2025, in Cotonou. A group of soldiers had tried to attack the president’s residence and the national television station before being quickly neutralized by regular forces. The event plunged the country into a day […]