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How a surprise phone call from President Romuald Wadagni moved Noélie Yarigo, the new world champion Beyond the sporting feat and the gold medal won over 800 meters in the W40 category at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Daegu, it was a particularly intimate and moving moment that marked Noélie Yarigo’s title. Moments after […]

The Beninese Electricity Company (SBEE) will carry out technical maintenance work on Thursday, August 27, 2026. These operations will cause temporary power interruptions between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. in several areas across twelve communes in the country. Breakdown of affected areas and outage times Network upgrades and safety guidance According to SBEE, the technical […]

A newborn baby was found abandoned among the bushes in the Kindonou neighborhood of Cotonou. According to reports from BIP Radio, the infant, still wrapped in his placenta, was discovered on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, by a woman who was heading to church. After hearing the baby’s cries, she approached the scene and raised the […]

The prefect of the Littoral department, Gilbert Déou Malè, met on Monday, August 24, 2026, with a delegation from the collective of public transport workers commonly known as “Tokpa-Tokpa”. The meeting was part of the ongoing consultation between the prefectural authority and professionals in Cotonou’s urban transport sector. During the talks, representatives of the drivers […]

During an unannounced visit to the Borgou Departmental Hospital in Parakou on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, Beninese President Romuald Wadagni was questioned about the difficulties faced by people with kidney failure. In response to a citizen’s plea, the head of state simply said: “I heard you,” as calls grow for better support for dialysis sessions. […]

A tragedy occurred on Monday, August 24, 2026, in the commune of Abomey-Calavi. Police sub-inspector Kibéré Sanni Jules lost his life in Godomey during an altercation that followed the theft of his personal belongings. According to police information reported by the daily Le Potentiel, the officer was returning home after his shift when he was […]

A delicate rescue operation ended on a happy note in Porto-Novo. On Tuesday, August 25, 2026, Civil Protection teams managed to pull out alive and conscious a 46-year-old woman who had accidentally fallen into a pit about ten metres deep. The victim, Mrs. H. B., a 46-year-old weaver, had become trapped at the bottom of […]

Marcellin Bocovè is officially the new president of the Beninese Football Federation (FBF). He was elected on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at the end of the general elective assembly held at the Akpro-Missérété Excellence Centre. He succeeds Mathurin de Chacus for a four-year term running from 2026 to 2030. The Beninese Football Federation has changed […]

On the occasion of the celebration of the birth of the Prophet Muhammad, President Romuald Wadagni addressed Benin’s Muslim community on Tuesday, August 25, 2026. In a message published on his official Facebook page, the head of state extended wishes of peace, health, happiness and prosperity to all Muslim families in the country. For this […]

Former Minister of Finance and Economy Grégoire Laourou passed away in the early hours of Tuesday 25 August 2026, following a sudden illness during the night of Monday 24 to Tuesday 25 August, sources close to him told Africaho. A native of Bantè, in the Collines department, Grégoire Laourou was one of the key figures […]

A gruesome discovery has shaken the Kossarou neighbourhood, in the commune of Kandi. A man in his forties was found dead in a room, according to the news site of Fraternité FM radio. Once informed, a delegation made up of several administrative and security authorities travelled to the scene. The head of Kandi 2 district, […]

​The commune of N’Dali was the scene of a tragic road traffic accident this Friday, May 15, 2026. A livestock transport truck, traveling on the route linking the towns of Tamarou and Banhounkpo, overturned for reasons that the investigation will still need to determine. ​According to the first reports relayed by the local station SU […]

Faced with the proliferation of unauthorised garages, informal shops and abandoned vehicle wrecks encroaching on public roads, the Cotonou municipality is preparing to take action. At the end of last week, a delegation led by the deputy director of the Municipal Police, Ulrich Soglo, and made up of municipal officers, visited the Vodjè neighbourhood and […]

The tragedy that struck the Orougnorou neighbourhood of Banikoara on Thursday, 20 August 2026, continues to claim victims. Four more people, who had been evacuated to hospital services in Parakou due to the severity of their burns, have died. The news was confirmed on Monday, 24 August 2026, by Orou Osseni, communal president of the […]

Republican Police have put a stop to the activities of a gang specialising in armed motorcycle robbery. Four individuals were arrested on Friday, August 21, 2026, by officers from the Pahou district police station (Ouidah commune), putting an end to a series of assaults targeting motorcycle-taxi drivers. The case dates back to Thursday, August 13, […]

To mark the celebration of the birth of the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, the government of the Republic of Benin has declared Tuesday, August 25, 2026 a public holiday across the entire national territory. The announcement was made by the Minister of the Civil Service, Rodrigue Chaou, in an official statement released on Monday, August […]

A new case of reoffending among beneficiaries of the presidential clemency measure of 1 August has been recorded in the Atlantique department. During the night of 21 to 22 August 2026, an individual was arrested in the Gbégamey neighbourhood, located in the Allada-Centre district, while attempting to steal a two-wheeled vehicle. The suspect, identified as […]