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Marc Dansou, in Tokyo 2021 for fun and

Marc Dansou was eliminated in the 50m freestyle heat, on July 30, 2021 in Tokyo, at the Olympics, with a time of 24 seconds99. However, he showed his pleasure in swimming at the Olympics, 18 years after his debut with Benin.

in France, the blockades remain

How did European countries deal with this issue of restoring African works of art? Who are the ones who will return goods? Those who are still studying the project? The last stop for our tour of Europe in France. In 2017 in Ouagadougou, Emmanuel Macron promised to enable the temporary or permanent restoration of African heritage in Africa within five years. Results three and a half years later: France has presented two works, one in Senegal, the other in Madagascar and is returning 26 others to Benin. One team was voted…

Nigerian Sunday Adeyemo Igboho now

Activist Sunday Adeyemo Igboho is in pre-trial detention; the freedom judge has issued a decision to place him on Monday night during a commitment decision in a prison in Benin. Surprise, the crimes have changed. He is now being prosecuted "for criminal associations preparing to commit crimes in Benin". And yet his country Nigeria accused him of "arms trade, which demanded rebellion and undermined…

Rosine Soglo, former first lady of Benin, is

His voice was counted and carried to Benin. Rosine Soglo, whose real name is Rose-Marie Honorine Vieyra, politician and wife of former President Nicéphore Soglo, died on Sunday 25 July in Cotonou, aged 87. President Patrice Talon, who had strained relations with the family, greets "a brave and exceptional woman" and government…

for his political comeback, the Democrats’ party

The Democrats, the largest opposition party, made their political comeback on Saturday, July 24, in Cotonou, after four months of silence. The party is still calling for a national dialogue to save Benin's democracy. Patrice Talon controls Parliament 100% and almost all of the country's municipalities. as reported from…

Nigerian Sunday Adeyemo Igboho was referred to

Nigerian activist Sunday Adeyemo Igboho was presented to the prosecutor and will return to the Cotonou prosecutor's office on Monday. Asked by the services in his country demanding his extradition from Benin where he found refuge, he was arrested at Cotonou airport on Monday. as reported from Cotonou, Jean-Luc AploganThe…

Yoruba activist Sunday Igboho threatened

Nigerian activist Sunday Igboho, organizer of a meeting in early July for the creation of a "Yoruba" nation, was presented to the prosecutor on Thursday in Cotonou. The sessionist was arrested on Monday in the Benin capital by the aviation police and he had fled his country after a raid by Nigerian services to his home in Ibadan 150 km from Megalopolis Lagos. Nigerian authorities demanded that he be arrested and extradited. Nigerian sources, transmitted by social networks, announced on Wednesday the release of the activist…

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