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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 […]
In Bohicon, in the Zou department, a police operation led to the arrest of two individuals involved in the sale of a stolen tricycle, our colleagues at Le Matinal report. The events took place recently in a neighborhood of the city, where the two men were trying to offer the motorized vehicle for sale, which […]
The figures published in Savè by the departmental Directorate of Social Affairs on gender-based violence reveal a worrying situation. Between January 2024 and December 2025, 614 early pregnancies and 38 rapes of minors were recorded in the municipality. Among the victims were 20 girls aged 10 to 14, 13 adolescents aged 15 to 17, 4 […]
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 […]
On the night of Tuesday, December 9 to Wednesday, December 10, 2025, a patrol from the Illara border police station, in the municipality of Kétou, seized seventy packages of Indian hemp following a nighttime chase. Around 1:00 a.m., officers spotted a motorcyclist carrying a large package in the Illèchi neighborhood, very close to the border. […]
President Patrice Talon held an audience on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, with the delegation of Nigerian military personnel deployed to Benin following the December 7 coup attempt. This meeting at the Palais de la Marina expresses the Nation’s official gratitude toward Abuja, whose forces played a decisive role in restoring constitutional order. Leading the delegation, […]
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 […]
In an interview with RFI, Colonel Dieudonné Djimon Tévoédjrè, commander of the Garde républicaine, gives a detailed account of the attack carried out on the night of Sunday, December 7, 2025, against President Patrice Talon’s residence in Cotonou. For the first time, the officer lays out the timeline of events, his unit’s response and the […]
At the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, December 10, the government of President Patrice Talon took several measures, the report of which is presented as follows: I- NORMATIVE MEASURES. Under these measures, a decree approving the statutes of the School of Tourism, Hospitality and Catering Trades was adopted. II- COMMUNICATIONS. II-1. Delegated contracting authority mission […]
The Government of Rupture met on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, for an ordinary Council of Ministers. Several decisions were made during this governmental conclave. Below is a summary of the topics discussed. Key decisions of the Council of Ministers
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 […]
Police Commissioner Landry Bignon Delcoz Kindjanhoundé, identified as the author of a damning video broadcast on Monday, December 8, 2025, was arrested on Tuesday, December 9. His arrest came less than twenty-four hours after the release of a recording in which he directly attacked the head of state and demanded his resignation. The clip, widely […]
In Benin, in the aftermath of the failed coup d’état on Sunday, December 7, 2025, the Court for the Repression of Economic Offenses and Terrorism (Criet) issued international arrest warrants against Beninese activist Kemi Séba and Sabi Sira Korogoné.
The government provided new details about the foiled coup attempt on the night of December 6–7. At a press briefing held on Wednesday, Wilfried Léandre Houngbédji described how events unfolded and gave a preliminary assessment of the attack on the presidential residence. According to the spokesperson, the assault was so intense that the forces deployed […]
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 […]
The CRIET appeals chamber on Monday, December 8, 2025, issued a cassation ruling in the breach of trust case involving the former director general of the public agency AGETIP-Bénin, Raymond Adékambi. By this ruling, the appeals court found that it was not competent to try the case, thereby annulling the first-instance conviction and sending the […]
