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A newborn was found alive and crying in the toilets of a dwelling in Mareborou, in the commune of N’Dali, on Monday, December 29, 2025. According to Deeman Radio, it was the owner of the premises, who is also Mareborou’s…

The provisional partial results of Guinea’s presidential election place Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya well ahead, according to the latest data published by the General Directorate of Elections. These results, made public on December 30, 2025, come from the first tallies transmitted…

In Agongointo, in the Bohicon municipality, police dismantled on Sunday, December 28, 2025, a plan to flood the market with counterfeit currency. Two individuals were arrested and a staggering sum of 25,420,000 CFA francs in counterfeit banknotes was seized, mostly…

In Tanguiéta, a young man who came to report the loss of his motorcycle is arrested on charges of complicity in the theft of vehicle parts belonging to the Republican Police. The events took place on the night from Wednesday,…

The Republican Police announced, on Friday, December 27, 2025, the dismantling of a network involved in the manufacture and sale of adulterated alcoholic beverages in the commune of Pahou, in southern Benin. The operation followed information that products dangerous to…

On Saturday, December 27, 2025, the Cotonou Judicial Complex served as the venue for the second official ceremony issuing Beninese nationality certificates to Afro-descendants, within the framework of the My Afro Origins program. Through this initiative, the Beninese State reaffirms…

Two people were apprehended in Tori-Bossito after attempting to fraudulently sell a pineapple field belonging to a third party. The arrest took place recently, following a complaint filed by the rightful owner of the land.According to the findings of the…

The Council of Ministers met on Friday, December 26, 2025, presided over by Mr. Patrice TALON, President of the Republic, Head of State, and Head of Government. During this government cabinet meeting, several decisions were taken. Below is the full…

Several senior officers of the Benin Army have been promoted to new ranks during the extraordinary Council of Ministers meeting held on Friday, December 26, 2025. This decision aims to strengthen the military hierarchy and to recognize the commitment of…

The rupture government held this Friday, December 26, an extraordinary cabinet meeting. Below are the major decisions that emerged from this conclave. The major decisions of the Council of Ministers

After eight days in police custody, Natou Pedro Sakombi, the former partner of activist Kemi Séba, was presented this Friday, December 26, 2025, to the Special Prosecutor at the Court for the Repression of Economic Offences and Terrorism. According to…

United in an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers on Thursday, December 26, the government proceeded with a series of appointments and promotions within the public security forces and the national armed forces. These decisions, taking effect on different…

A son and pillar of Montpellier Hérault SC, and former Ivory Coast coach, Jean-Louis Gasset has died this Friday at the age of 72, the MHSC announced on X. French football has just lost one of its most respected figures.…

On the eve of Christmas celebrations and a few days before the official opening of the election campaigns, the Observatory for Deontology and Ethics in the Media (ODEM) invited, on December 24, 2025, media professionals to a press conference devoted…

An extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers is taking place this Friday, December 26, 2025 in Cotonou, presided over by the Head of State, Patrice Talon. Convened outside the normal calendar, this session takes place in a particularly sensitive…

Chabi Yayi, secretary for external relations of the Les Démocrates party, is once again expected before the Court for the Repression of Economic Offenses and Terrorism this Friday, December 26, 2025, according to sources close to the case. This appearance…

Journalist Olivier Allochémé regained his freedom following his trial before the Court for the Repression of Economic Offenses and Terrorism (CRIET). Detained at Abomey-Calavi Civil Prison since October 16, 2025, the editor-in-chief of the daily L’Événement Précis was released following…

The results of the 2025 national Master’s examination have just been published, showing a national pass rate of 63.31%. This performance, made official by the educational authorities, concerns all candidates who took part in this exam held across the entire…

The Beninese government reaffirmed its commitment to support the families of soldiers who died defending the country’s territorial integrity. To help the widows and orphans of these soldiers get through the holiday season, the Ministry of Defense provided them with…

The deputy Soumaïla Sounon Boké, elected from the Les Démocrates party, has been remanded in custody on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, following his appearance before the special prosecutor of the Court for Repression of Economic and Terrorist Offences (CRIET). According…

Fourteen days after the coup attempt thwarted on December 7, 2025, the Chief of the General Staff of the Beninese Armed Forces, Major General Fructueux Gbaguidi, shared his impressions with Bip Radio colleagues. Absent from the national territory at the…

Before the MPs, this Tuesday, December 23, at the National Assembly, the President of the Republic, Patrice Talon, dedicated a key portion of his final address on the state of the nation to the question of Benin’s democratic model. A…

Before the deputies, on the occasion of his tenth and final State of the Nation address, the President of the Republic, Patrice Talon, laid out a political record largely dominated by the defense of the reforms undertaken during his two…

The President of the Republic, Patrice Talon, delivered this Tuesday, December 23, 2025, his tenth message to the Nation. A speech with a strong political and symbolic charge, which the Head of State himself presented as a legacy, as his…

Since the new Constitution of Benin was promulgated, arising from the revision adopted in November and validated in December 2025, the role of the Constitutional Court has been redefined. This institutional adjustment, undertaken as part of the reform, involves significant…

Interpol announced the arrest of 574 individuals as part of a wide international operation conducted simultaneously in Benin and in 18 other African countries. The operation, coordinated by the global policing organization, aims to strengthen the fight against cybercrime, a…

Beninese activist Kemi Seba announced, on Monday, December 22, 2025, the arrest of his ex-partner through a video published on his Facebook page. This arrest comes as the pan-African influencer himself is targeted by an international arrest warrant for his…

The largest oil pipeline in Africa, linking Niger to Benin, was sabotaged again on Sunday, December 21, 2025, by rebels opposed to the junta in power in Niamey. This attack, claimed by the MPLJ, directly threatens Niger’s oil revenues and…

The Court for the Repression of Economic Offences and Terrorism (CRIET) acquitted Hosee Houngnibo on Thursday, December 22, 2025, in a case of false accusation with which he had been charged. The decision was based on the assessment of the…

The President of the Republic, Patrice Talon, will face the deputies of the National Assembly tomorrow, Tuesday, 23 December 2025, to deliver his final State of the Nation address. This constitutional exercise takes place in an especially sensitive political and…