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Benin: Facing the youth, Patrice Talon with an open heart but closed ears

With less than a year left in his current term, Beninese President Patrice Talon invited the youth to an unprecedented public exchange at the...
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Paul Arnaud DEGUENON
Ivory Coast

Presidential Election 2025 in Côte d’Ivoire: these candidacies that conceal another political calculation

As the 2025 presidential election in Ivory Coast nears, candidacies are multiplying. Certain familiar faces from the Ivorian political landscape, but also newcomers or...
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Paul Arnaud DEGUENON
Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 3 confessions of failure behind Alassane Ouattara’s candidacy

The official announcement of Alassane Ouattara's candidacy for the presidential election in October 2025 is garnering a range of reactions and raising many questions....
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Paul Arnaud DEGUENON
Benin

In Benin, the silent standoff between the UPR and the BR in the face of the 2026 general elections

As Patrice Talon prepares to leave office at the end of his second term, the Beninese presidential movement is organizing to designate its candidate...
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Paul Arnaud DEGUENON
Benin

Public Lighting in Benin: an impossible mission for Patrice Talon?

Despite the billions invested and the promises of a brightly lit Grand Nokoué, public lighting remains the Achilles heel of Patrice Talon's urban report...
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Paul Arnaud DEGUENON
Benin

Benin – 73.02% success rate in Baccalaureate 2025: A “political” rate or an overly “easy” baccalaureate?

Les résultats du Baccalauréat 2025 au Bénin, dévoilés le 9 juillet, affichent un taux de réussite national historique de 73,02 % – du jamais vu depuis l’indépendance....
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Paul Arnaud DEGUENON
Togo

Togo: la France veut-elle renverser Faure Gnassingbé ?

Il faut que nous tirions tous notre chapeau au maître incontesté du Togo, Faure Gnassingbé. Il n'y a pas à dire, il est très...
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Ousmane Traoré Samba
DR Congo

Tripartite Mining Agreement USA-DRC-Rwanda: An Imperialist Maneuver to Better Legitimize the Plundering of the Congo

Kinshasa and Washington are finalizing discussions around a strategic mining agreement aimed at attracting American investments in the critical minerals of the DRC, notably...
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Paul Arnaud DEGUENON
Benin

Presidential 2026 in Benin: what are the chances for Daniel Edah?

On Thursday, May 29, 2025, Daniel Edah, former commissioner at ECOWAS and unsuccessful candidate in the 2016 presidential election, officially announced his candidacy for...
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Paul Arnaud DEGUENON

What are Adrien Houngbédji and the PRD up to?

Over 80 years old, Adrien Houngbédji seems to refuse to bow out and reignites the national debate with surprising positions, while blurring the lines...
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Paul Arnaud DEGUENON

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