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Former Speaker of Benin’s National Assembly, Me Adrien Houngbédji, has once again spoken out in favor of political appeasement in the country. Speaking on April 15, 2025, at the Youth Summit, the leader of the Democratic Renewal Party (PRD)—despite being…

In Benin, a decapitated body was discovered on the morning of Saturday, April 12, on a field in Doïssa-Ataké, a neighborhood in Savalou commonly used by local youth for recreational activities. The male victim had not yet been identified at…

On Tuesday, Guy Marius Sagna, a member of the ruling Pastef party, officially requested the indictment of former Senegalese president Macky Sall before the High Court of Justice for high treason. The move follows a report by the Court of…

In Benin, the head of the Republican Guard, Colonel Dieudonné Djimon Tévoédjrè, has been promoted to the rank of Colonel-Major by presidential decree dated March 26, 2025. The decision, effective as of April 1, was co-signed by the ministers responsible…

Pan-African activist Kemi Seba has been honored with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa in Political Science. The honorary distinction was conferred by Bel Campus University in Kinshasa in recognition of his ideological and political commitment to African emancipation and…

Beninese President Patrice Talon has appointed the members of the Board of Directors of the Territorial Agricultural Development Agency (ATDA) for the Niger Valley. The decision, formalized by a decree dated March 14, 2025, involves seven individuals from various public…

After several months of tension, Nigerian authorities are multiplying gestures of openness toward Niger. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has dispatched his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, to Niamey to deliver a special message to General Abdourahamane Tiani, leader…

Benin’s Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA) has released the official timelines for activities related to the 2026 general elections. The presentation ceremony took place on the morning of Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at the institution’s headquarters in Cotonou, in the…

On April 3, 2025, President Patrice Talon enacted a historic law establishing a legal framework for traditional chieftaincy in the Republic of Benin. Passed by the National Assembly a few weeks earlier, Law No. 2025-09 officially recognizes the existence and…

In Nigeria, what is often seen as a festive gesture can now come at a high cost. On Monday, a federal court in Kano, in the north of the country, sentenced a popular makeup artist to six months in prison…

Nigerian authorities have banned the broadcast of the song Tell Your Papa by rapper Eedris Abdulkareem, deeming it too harsh toward President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has ordered the country’s broadcast media to stop airing the…

The European Union has adopted a radical position on Ukraine because it fears appearing weak in the eyes of the Global South, said Vladislav Maslennikov, Director of the Department for European Affairs at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during…

A new tragedy shook the commune of Dogbo, in the Couffo department, on Tuesday April 8, 2025. A few days after the murder of a nanny in Avrankou, a man was killed in Hêdjamey by his nephew with a machete,…

On Wednesday March 26, 2025, the Beninese government approved the complete project management mission for the construction of the Malanville Court of First Instance. The aim of this decision is to provide the locality with modern judicial infrastructures adapted to…

On the night of Sunday March 23, 2025, a tragic fire ravaged a family home in Adovié, claiming the lives of four children. First rushed to hospital, three of them succumbed to their injuries on Monday March 24, and the…

President Patrice Talon intends to improve conditions for government contract teachers. Meeting in the Council of Ministers on Wednesday March 26, the government adopted a decree amending and supplementing the provisions of decree no. 2023-373 of July 19, 2023. This…

The security forces of the Godomey police station have dealt a heavy blow to crime in the Abomey-Calavi commune by getting their hands on a network of robbers and fences. The operation, carried out last weekend in Godomey-Togoudo, led to…

Grand-Popo is preparing to welcome a top-of-the-range hotel complex, as part of a vast program to modernize Benin’s tourism offering. The government has given the go-ahead for the contractualization of work to develop an urban and seaside resort on the…

Four civilians lost their lives on Tuesday in an Israeli bombardment targeting the town of Koayiah, located in the southern Syrian province of Daraa, reported the Syrian news agency SANA. According to the same source, Israeli forces attempted to infiltrate…

At least ten Cameroonian soldiers lost their lives and 20 others were wounded in an attack by the terrorist group Boko Haram on a military outpost in the Far North region, local media and security sources report. The attack occurred…

Following the failure of Angolan mediation, the heads of state of the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have decided to take charge of the search for a lasting solution to the crisis in the…

In 2024, Niger detected 16,603 cases of susceptible tuberculosis, including 13,464 new cases of bacteriologically positive pulmonary tuberculosis, the Nigerien government announced on Monday. On World TB Day, celebrated on March 24, the Minister of National Education, Dr. Elisabeth Sherif,…

For several months now, the opposition party Les Démocrates has been accusing local authorities and the Republican Police of systematically hindering its activities throughout the country. With meetings banned, rallies blocked and police intervention, Boni Yayi’s political party denounces a…

The former Director General of the National Police, Louis-Philippe Houndégnon, will have to wait a little longer for the outcome of his legal case. Scheduled for this Monday, March 24, 2025, his hearing before the Court for the Repression of…

A reckless driver was arrested by the Republican police after causing the death of several people on the night of Sunday March 23, 2025. According to Les4Vérités, the man hit several pedestrians in Cotonou and Abomey-Calavi before attempting to flee.…

On Monday March 24, 2025, the Supreme Court’s assessment commission made public the results of the magistrate aptitude test held on March 10. Of the 42 applicants, only 19 succeeded in obtaining a minimum mark of 12/20, the threshold required…

On Monday March 24, 2025, the Court for the Repression of Economic Offences and Terrorism (CRIET) examined a highly unusual case: a young man was accused of staging his own death in order to escape his creditor, a French national.…

In Senegal, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) asserts that between 2019 and 2024, a debt of around $7 billion was concealed by Macky Sall’s administration, confirming the findings of the Cour des Comptes. In a report published in February 2025,…

On Monday March 24, Angola announced that it would no longer take part in the mediation of the conflict between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, a confrontation that is exacerbating security instability in eastern Congo. In an…

Gabon’s Constitutional Court has reinstated four candidates previously rejected by the Ministry of the Interior, bringing to eight the number of contenders for the presidential election scheduled for April 12. The announcement was made on national television on Friday evening.…