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Deputies finally had the last word on Thursday morning, due to a lack of agreement with the senators on a common text. As the text says, France now has one year to deliver the 26 works from the Béhanzin tax to Benin. The sword known as El Hadj Omar Tall, founder of the Toucouleur Empire, has already been returned in November 2019 to the Senegalese authorities.…

Nigeria opened key border posts with Cameroon, Benin and Niger on Wednesday. The Abuja authorities introduced this within the afternoon. Nigeria closed its borders in August 2019, formally to cease smuggling and encourage native manufacturing. as reported from Lagos, Liza FabbianIt was the International Minister who made this…

These days, Benin is celebrating 30 years of its constitution. A text that was revised in 2019, which the opposition still disputes. This Monday, December 14, opponents met for the time being and demanded that we return to the spirit and the letter of the 1990 Constitution that had made Benin a model. as reported from Cotonou,…

Since yesterday in Benin, the Democratic Party of former head of state Boni Yayi is finally officially recognized and can participate in the animation of political life. It is the first major party in the radical opposition to Patrice Talon to have received permission since the political reforms in November 2019. In parliament and at the head of the cities, more than 95% of the elected officials come…

Prudence Amoussou was shot and killed on May 2, 2019, when police suppressed a post-election demonstration. She was buried on December 2 in Abomey. For her, national and international organizations to protect human rights, the opposition demands the truth about the death of this mother of seven children. as reported from…

After days of silence, the Benin government is responding to the latest ruling by the African Court of Human Rights. On Friday, ACHPR called for the repeal of the constitutional reform in November last year and demanded a return to the 1990 text. A decision that follows several unfavorable judgments from this court against…

The African Court docket of Human Rights and Peoples' Rights has been seized by a Beninese citizen whose identify has not been revealed on Friday, a really important verdict for the authorities in Porto Novo, provided that the structure revised by Parliament in November 2019 ought to be repealed. ACHPR accuses the authorities of getting "violated the beliefs of the 1990 structure" and orders a return to…

Benin is preparing for the April 11 presidential election. Patrice Talon, who organized team elections without the opposition in 2019, this time promises an "inclusive vote" open to his opponents and promises to do everything to carry it out. But the opposition remains suspicious. as reported from Cotonou, Jean-Luc…

Following the open letter from Sébastien Ajavon's lawyer demanding that his consumer's conviction be "invalidated", the federal government spokesman replied that "the judges are impartial" and {that a} change within the state of affairs couldn't be made. than by judicial overview. "An Unsurpassed Decline in Civil Liberties", a…

In Benin, five appeals by citizens and opponents were submitted to the Constitutional Court to challenge the rule of sponsorship required to run in the April 11 presidential election. as reported from Cotonou, Jean-Luc AploganSince the amendment of the electoral law in November 2019, political parties must collect 16…