Policy

This text is described as historic by its promoters. This Friday, July 4, 2025, the Beninese deputies unanimously adopted law n°2025-16 outlining Benin’s development vision towards 2060. An ambitious roadmap that aims to structure public action and the country’s development policies over several decades. Championed by the government and submitted for scrutiny to the Planning […]

In Mali, the political transition takes a new turn. On Thursday, July 3, 2025, Malian authorities adopted a bill establishing a five-year presidential term, renewable without limit, for General Assimi Goïta, president of the transition since the August 2021 coup d’etat. According to Agence France-Presse, this provision, now regulated by a new to-be-published charter, will […]

Since the beginning of 2025, the meetings between Boni Yayi and Adrien Houngbédji, two major figures of the Beninese political class, have been intriguing observers and analysts. If the first was qualified as a “courtesy visit”, the following ones, recurring and increasingly close, seem to follow another logic. In a pre-election context and less than […]

The Benin government has taken a new step in the effective implementation of the Digital Code with the adoption of eight implementing decrees. These texts complement the existing regulatory framework and aim to further stimulate the initiatives of digital sector actors. Adopted in the Council of Ministers, these decrees cover strategic aspects ranging from electronic […]

Réuni en conseil des ministres ce mercredi 2 juillet, le gouvernement du président Patrice Talon a examiné plusieurs dossiers. Ci-dessous le compte rendu intégral des décisions issues du conclave gouvernemental. Compte rendu du conseil des ministres I- Mesures normatives. I-1. Création de l’Agence de Développement de l’Elevage des Ruminants et approbation de ses statuts. Les […]

The Democrats Party completed, on this Sunday, June 29, 2025, a massive political tour that took them to all 13 districts of Cotonou. Scheduled over two successive weekends – June 21-22 and June 28-29 – this grassroots campaign, long demanded by the people, lived up to all its promises. Accompanied by deputies of the parliamentary […]

The ambitions continue to unfold a few months before the 2026 presidential elections in Benin. On Monday, June 30, 2025, Leonidas Hounton officially announced his candidacy for the highest office, marking his entry into the national political scene. The former secretary-general of the High Council of Beninese Abroad (HCBE) for the South Africa zone, he […]

Daniel Edah, declared candidate for the 2026 presidential election, confirmed this Sunday, June 29, 2025 that he has the required endorsements to participate in the election. On the airwaves of Bip Radio, the former commissioner to the ECOWAS answered the question that many observers are asking. Asked about this, he says:“Yes. I have them, because […]

The Ivorian political climate is heating up as the 2025 presidential election approaches. The president of the New Generation Alternative (ANG) and declared candidate for this due date, Dr. Ousmane Camara, has officially approached the Constitutional Council to denounce what he describes as a “persistent constitutional illegality” regarding the nationality of President Alassane Ouattara. During […]

A few months before the general elections of 2026, the National Autonomous Electoral Commission (CENA) intends to innovate to ensure a transparent and credible ballot. This is what the Director General of Elections, Boucary Abou Soulé Adam, hinted during his intervention this Sunday, June 29, on the show “90 minutes to convince” broadcasted on Radio […]

The Progressive Union Renewal (“UP le Renouveau”) is going through a leadership crisis in the commune of Sèmè-Kpodji. Since its creation in 2022, resulting from the merger of the Democratic Renewal Party (PRD) of Adrien Houngbédji and the Progressive Union (UP), Joseph Djogbénou’s party is struggling to find its local cohesion. The reason: a positioning […]

The chairman of the National Transition Council (CNT), Dansa Kourouma, officially announced on Sunday, June 29, 2025, that the proposed new Guinean Constitution sets the duration of the presidential term at seven years, renewable only once. The announcement was made during a press conference in Conakry, three days after the CNT adopted the text. This […]

The selection of José Tonato to succeed Paulin Akponna as the head of the Ministry of Energy, Water, and Mines is not unanimous. Guest on the program Original Version broadcast on Sunday, June 29, 2025, on TVC, the political figure, Bertin Koovi expressed strong reservations about this appointment, judging it could pose problems of efficiency […]

Gathered in front of the press on June 27, 2025, the leaders of the opposition party “The Democrats” demanded accountability on a series of issues that they describe as opaque. In a statement read by their communications secretary, Guy Mitokpè, they denounced what they call the “systemic opacity” of the regime in place since 2016. […]

Less than a year before the general elections of 2026, Benin is calling on international expertise to ensure the transparency and reliability of its electoral process. Four specialists from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), France, and Togo have been officially selected to audit the national electoral roll, a move hailed as a pledge of […]

Daniel Edah, candidate for the 2026 presidential election, spoke out this Sunday, June 29, 2025, on Bip Radio about the recent public accusations made by ex-minister Paulin Akponna. He believes that Akponna’s statements were neither appropriate nor in accordance with the government’s operational rules. The politician Daniel Edah lamented the way the now ex-minister Paulin […]

As part of its commitments to promote democracy, peace, and stability in West Africa, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has dispatched a pre-election information mission to Côte d’Ivoire. From June 29 to July 5, 2025, a delegation led by Professor Théodore Holo, former president of the Constitutional Court of Benin, will stay […]

With less than a year to go before the 2026 general elections and the end of President Patrice Talon’s second term, meetings between former head of state Boni Yayi and former National Assembly President Adrien Houngbédji are increasing. On Sunday, June 29, 2025, Boni Yayi visited the home of the former leader of the Democratic […]