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The revision of the Constitution of 15 November 2025 will be debated next Thursday before the Constitutional Court. Several citizens have brought cases before the Constitutional Court to challenge various aspects of the process that led to the recent revision of the Constitution in Benin. The appeals mainly concern the conduct of the parliamentary proceedings […]
The president of the Front of National Organizations Against Corruption (FONAC), Jean-Baptiste Elias, took part this weekend in the annual symposium of the Institute of Artisans of Justice and Peace (IAJP). During the proceedings focused on the theme Peaceful elections, political alternation and social cohesion, guarantors of national unity, the president of FONAC spoke about […]
Less than twenty-four hours after announcing his resignation from the party Les Démocrates (LD), MP Sounon Boké Soumaïla has ultimately decided to stay. He announced it in a new video released on Sunday, November 16. In this statement, the Banikoara representative explains that his initial decision was prompted by internal tensions in his local constituency. […]
Deputy Sounon Boké Soumaïla today, Saturday, November 15, announced his resignation from the party Les Démocrates (LD). A decision he presents as a matter of principle, motivated by what he describes as a deep drift in the national political scene. In his statement, the deputy says that “political life no longer respects any orthodoxy,” describing […]
The 9th legislature adopted early on Saturday, November 15, 2025 the bill to revise the Constitution introduced in parliament by Aké Natondé and Assan Séïbou. After long hours of debate, the deputies adopted the law amending the Constitution with 90 votes in favor and 19 against. A large-scale vote that propels the country toward a […]
After a tense, closely watched night in parliament, the deputies approved the revision of the Constitution at 6 a.m. The text received 90 votes in favor and 19 against, sealing one of the most decisive votes of recent years. The overnight adoption of the reform is already provoking strong reactions in public opinion and within […]
The verdict is in. Members of Parliament found the bill to amend the Constitution admissible. The bill received 87 votes in favor and 22 against, with no abstentions, allowing it to clear the first stage before substantive consideration. The reform is led by Aké Natondé, president of the parliamentary group l’union Progressiste le Renouveau, and […]
The installation drive for neighborhood chiefs appointed by the FCBE party continues in Parakou. On this third day dedicated to the exercise, the city mayor, accompanied by a municipal delegation, went to the third arrondissement to officially install two new local leaders. They are Ibrahim Suanon Bio, chief of the Wore neighborhood, and Daouda Soule, […]
A strategic meeting has been set for tonight between the President of the Republic and the 81 deputies of the presidential movement. It will be an opportunity to take stock of the constitutional reform file and align the positions of the elected officials ahead of next Friday’s plenary session, convened by the bureau of the […]
The idea of introducing a Senate in Benin continues to fuel political and academic debate. The project, presented as a way to strengthen territorial representation and improve the quality of legislative work, raises questions as much about its content as about its context. Political scientist Mathias Hounkpè recently spoke on the subject. According to him, […]
The political climate in Senegal has noticeably tightened since November 11, 2025. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko are now openly clashing over control of the presidential coalition “Diomaye Président”, originally created to support Faye’s candidacy in the 2024 presidential election. The head of state decided to replace Aïssatou Mbodj, a […]
The year 2026 could mark a historic turning point for Beninese political life. Excluded from the presidential race, absent from the municipal elections and threatened with exclusion from the next legislative elections, the party Les Démocrates is going through a turbulent period that calls its very existence on the national political scene into question. Faced […]
The President of the National Assembly, Louis Gbehounou Vlavonou, summons the deputies to a plenary session to be held on Friday, 14 November 2025 at 10:00 a.m., at the Palais des Gouverneurs in Porto-Novo. According to official communiqué No. 840/AN/SGA/CSE, the session will address three major items on the agenda: The release of the communiqué […]
Constitutional expert Théodore Holo spoke on Monday, November 11, 2025, about the constitutional amendment project aimed at establishing an upper chamber, the Senate, in Benin. Asked to shed light on the debate, his remarks were technical and measured. He described the text as “a project without a settled position,” urging caution and analysis before the […]
Alternate deputy Chabi-Barka Bekourou Nadjibh is no longer a member of the opposition party Les Démocrates (LD). Appearing on the Actu Matin set this Thursday, the former member of the opposition party laid out without hesitation the reasons for his split, pointing to internal tensions and a governance he describes as stifling. « The problem […]
Originally scheduled to be examined in plenary on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, the bill introduced by deputies Aké Natondé (Union Progressiste le Renouveau) and Assan Séïbou (Bloc Républicain) was ultimately postponed to this Thursday. The decision was motivated by compliance with the regulatory deadline set by the National Assembly’s rules of procedure. Deputies indeed had […]
At Wednesday’s Council of Ministers meeting, the government announced the dissolution of the Société nationale du Bois (SONAB) and the creation of a new entity called the Société de Développement Forestier (SODEF SA). SODEF SA is to take over all the tasks previously carried out by SONAB. These tasks include the production of wood energy, wood processing, […]
The plenary session devoted to the revision of the Constitution, which opened this Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at the National Assembly, was suspended and postponed. No new date for resuming the proceedings has been announced yet. This suspension comes amid tense debates over the constitutional revision project, which has drawn the attention and concern of […]
After ten years of silence, Sévérin Adjovi, former minister and former mayor of Ouidah, breaks his silence to speak about the constitutional revision project being prepared in Benin. In a public statement, he says he is speaking « par devoir de vérité et de patriotisme » and warns against the risks this project poses to […]
The National Assembly is about to take a new decisive step in the process of revising the Constitution. The bill initiated by MPs Aké Natondé and Assan Séïbou will be examined in plenary session on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, after its adoption by the laws committee last Monday. This text, which has aroused strong political […]
