Benin

Benin Faces Growing Security Threats: A Call for Collective Action In a somber moment for a nation typically celebrated for its stability, Benin has found itself reeling from a deadly attack on a police station near its border with Nigeria. The incident, which took place on October 5, resulted in the tragic loss of several members of the security forces and sent ripples of fear and uncertainty through communities already grappling with rising violence. From Stability to Strain For decades, Benin has stood as a beacon of…

Sudan’s football warriors have navigated the turbulent seas of civil conflict to secure their spot in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. Despite the chaotic backdrop, they triumphed in a fiercely competitive final round of qualifiers, joining Benin in the journey to next year's illustrious tournament. Due to the unrest that began in April of the preceding year, Sudan’s domestic league has been on pause, forcing the national team to play their home games on neutral grounds, far from the cheering home crowd. With Libya and South…

After 130 years of absence, 26 objects stolen in Benin are finally exhibited at home after being returned by France. The pieces were looted by French soldiers from the Kingdom of Dahomey in 1892 and now take pride of place in the presidential palace. Our team…

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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…

To Unde the African press on Friday morning, Benin, where opponent Joël Aïvo was before Criet on Thursday, that is, the court for repression of economic crimes and terrorism, to begin his trial. This academic, who was a candidate for the Front for the Restoration of Democracy during the presidential election in April last year, must respond to criminal allegations of "money laundering and attacks on state security". Constitutionalist Joël Aïvo had since been in custody for the trial. During the hearing, the special…

Beninese justice sentenced a man on Tuesday, June 29, to 12 months in prison, including six months in prison, for "assault and battery" on three transgender people. This crime was perpetuated due to a lack of provisions in the penal code that punish "transphobia". On the night of April 30, at a birthday party in Cotonou, a group of people attacked three guests. These transgender women are attacked, beaten and naked. Only one of the attackers showed up at the hearing, his accomplices are on the run. .

The meeting that counts for the last day of the qualifiers for the next CAN between Sierra Leone and Benin will be played next June, without a specific date and without a place at the moment. It was scheduled for March, but was eventually canceled after the alleged tests by five Benin players who were positive for Covid-19. The…

Roses, gladioli, lilies, orchids, aromas ... contemporary flowers, crops, that is the eagerness of Doris Diawarra, a younger Beninese who launched her horticulture not removed from Cotonou. His ambition: to supply flowers which might be extra accessible than the imported ones, that will be discovered cheaply within the markets and to provide his countrymen a style of actual flowers. .

That is the primary interview with the Beninese president since his controversial re-election on April 11, within the absence of the opposition's heavyweights who couldn't resist him. Why are most of those opposition figures being prosecuted by the Benin judiciary? Now that he has been re-elected, is Patrice Talon able to forgive them? Is he planning a 3rd interval in 2026? In Cotonou he solutions questions from Christophe Boisbouvier from RFI and Marc Perelman from France 24 ..