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As the 2026 presidential election approaches, the debate over candidate sponsorship continues to stir the Beninese political scene. Former minister and ex-political adviser to the Force cauris pour un Bénin émergent (FCBE), Alain François Adihou, has responded to the March 2024 electoral reform and the recent Decision No. 2025/12 of the Commission électorale nationale autonome […]

During the night of Saturday, August 23 to Sunday, August 24, 2025, the Republican Police carried out a large-scale raid on several bars and drinking establishments in the arrondissement of Godomey. Objective: to enforce the prefectural order that bans the consumption of hookah in the Atlantique Department. During the operation, several hookah devices were seized […]

Dragnet in Parakou. Agents of the National Center for Digital Investigation (CNIN), backed by security forces, arrested twelve individuals suspected of cybercrime. The operation, carried out between Tuesday, August 19 and Friday, August 22, 2025, was made possible thanks to precise intelligence, reports Fraternité FM. Searches led to the seizure of computer equipment and digital […]

The National Assembly’s Rules of Procedure, recently amended, do not fully comply with the Constitution. This is the finding of a decision issued on August 8, 2025 by the Constitutional Court, following a referral by the president of Parliament. In the ruling reported by Banouto, the Constitutional Court declared the new Article 133 introduced by […]

The president of the Democratic Party of Côte d’Ivoire (PDCI-RDA), Tidjane Thiam, intends to remain in the race for the presidential election scheduled for October 2025. After obtaining his certificate of nationality on Thursday, August 21, his candidacy file was officially submitted on Sunday, August 24 to the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) by a party […]

A tragedy shook the Bakata neighborhood, in Kandi’s first arrondissement, during the night of Saturday, August 23 to Sunday, August 24, 2025. Around 3:15 a.m., a group of unidentified armed men stormed into a compound and shot dead a soldier in his own bedroom. According to witness accounts collected by Fraternité Fm, the attackers first […]

The Prefect of Atlantique Department, Jean-Claude Codjia, decided to suspend two orders issued by the mayor of Toffo, Bibiane Soglo Adamazé. These orders, dated August 12 and 19, 2025, concerned the appointment of new chairs of standing committees within the municipal council. According to Prefectural Order No. 3/ATL/2025D/3367/SG/STCCD/SA, the measure follows several irregularities noted during […]

A few months before the 2026 general elections, a Beninese legal expert sent a letter to the President of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). In his letter, he draws the subregional institution’s attention to certain provisions of the Beninese Electoral Code deemed worrying. This appeal comes in a tense […]

The Gada customs post, located about 5 kilometers east of Malanville, was the target of an armed attack on the night of Friday, August 22, 2025. According to security sources, armed individuals tried to surprise the military detachment deployed on site around 11 p.m. Alerted, soldiers from the 7th Joint Battalion quickly returned fire. The […]

On Friday, August 22, 2025, the Ministry of Labor and the Civil Service released the lists of applications accepted and rejected for the selection test for 250 probationary assistants in public universities. These lists can be viewed on the official website of the Ministry of Labor and the Civil Service (here) as well as on […]

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara officially filed, on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, his candidacy for the October presidential election. A long-awaited confirmation that opens the way to a fourth consecutive term, despite persistent political tensions in the country. Alassane Ouattara puts an end to the suspense. In a televised address broadcast on July 29, the 83-year-old […]

The Haute Direction Politique (HDP) of the Union Progressiste le Renouveau (UP-R) announced, on Monday, August 25, 2025, the temporary suspension of new memberships from the Bloc Républicain (BR). In a directive signed by the Secretary General, Gérard Gbenonchi, the HDP stated that any membership originating from the Bloc Républicain is suspended when it concerns […]

A prisoner escaped from the Abomey-Calavi civil prison on August 18, 2025, causing a major upset in the penitentiary hierarchy. The escapee, a former gang leader sentenced to 25 years of imprisonment, managed to evade the staff’s vigilance by exploiting, according to the initial findings, security gaps in the facility. The prisoner’s absence was only […]

The Beninese and Gabonese authorities are working to defuse the controversy arising from recent measures taken by Libreville against foreigners engaged in small commerce. In response to strong reactions, particularly on social networks, high-level diplomatic contact took place on the sidelines of TICAD 9, held from August 20 to 22 in Yokohama, Japan. The Vice-President […]

Suspended since April 25th, the trial of Codjo Cossi Alofa and Donatien Amoussou will resume this Tuesday, August 26th, 2025 before the Cotonou court. The two men are being pursued in the case of the alleged murder of Pierre Urbain Dangnivo, a senior official in the Ministry of Finance, who has been missing since August […]

In Kinshasa, the repercussion of the former Congolese president Joseph Kabila’s trial, which is being conducted in absentia, was spectacular. General Lucien René Likulia, a representative of the public ministry, demanded the death penalty for the ex-President on Thursday, accusing him of many serious crimes ranging from “treason” to “war crimes”, and even “organizing an […]

The president of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP), General Abdourahamane Tiani, has made a new appointment that is stirring strong reactions on the African continent. Pan-African activist Nathalie Yamb has been officially appointed special advisor to the head of the Niger state and granted a Nigerien diplomatic passport on this […]

The High Authority for Audiovisual and Communication (HAAC) has released a statement in which it reminds promoters of private educational establishments, as well as the press and the general public, about the rules governing school advertising in the Republic of Benin. In accordance with Article 177 of the Information and Communication Code, the HAAC is […]