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L’ancien président libérien George Weah a appelé les dirigeants africains à respecter les principes démocratiques. Lors d’une conférence au Nigeria, l’ex-star du football a mis en garde contre les dirigeants autoritaires qui accèdent au pouvoir par les urnes. L’ancien président…

Republican Police have put a stop to the activities of a gang specialising in armed motorcycle robbery. Four individuals were arrested on Friday, August 21, 2026, by officers from the Pahou district police station (Ouidah commune), putting an end to…

To mark the celebration of the birth of the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, the government of the Republic of Benin has declared Tuesday, August 25, 2026 a public holiday across the entire national territory. The announcement was made by the…

​Un nouveau cas de récidive parmi les personnes ayant bénéficié de la mesure de clémence présidentielle du 1er août a été enregistré dans le département de l’Atlantique. Dans la nuit du 21 au 22 août 2026, un individu a été…

The Republican Police are continuing their security and anti-drug-trafficking operations in the economic capital. On Saturday, August 22, 2026, at around 6 pm, a team from the 1st arrondissement police station in Cotonou carried out a targeted raid around the…

Bilan sécuritaire au Bénin : La Police républicaine dévoile les résultats de sa 4e opération spéciale de sécurisation ​Le porte-parole de la Police républicaine, le commissaire major Éric Orou Yérima, a animé le vendredi 21 août 2026 à la Direction…

To combat tax fraud and maximise the collection of public revenue, Benin’s Directorate General of Customs is reorganising the processing procedure for imported used vehicles and heavy equipment. In a service memo signed on August 20, 2026, Director General Raouf…

The grim series of traffic accidents continues in the metropolis of northern Benin. A fatal road accident occurred on the evening of Sunday, August 23, 2026, at around 7:40 pm, at the Hubert Maga junction in Parakou. The accident, involving…

Businessman and former Beninese MP Séfou Fagbohoun died this Saturday, August 22, 2026, in Adja-Ouèrè, in the Plateau department. Founder of MADEP and a leading economic figure for several decades, he leaves behind a career closely bound up with Benin’s…

The project to create a National Order of Bokonon has resurfaced in Benin, with the aim of cleaning up the profession, identifying recognised practitioners and cracking down on those who claim to practise Fâ without the required training. The initiative…

​Benin’s political scene is in mourning. Séfou Fagbohoun, a leading businessman and former member of the National Assembly, has died. News of his death was made public by several local media outlets. ​Founding president of the African Movement for Democracy…

​The Republican Police have stepped up their crackdown on pyramid-selling and fraud networks operating under the QNET banner and its affiliates. According to the Republican Police spokesman, 24 large-scale operations carried out nationwide since April 2026 have led to the…

​A financial malpractice scandal is rocking Benin’s Directorate of Examinations and Competitive Entrance Exams (DEC). Ten officials from this body, which operates under the Ministry of Nursery and Primary Education, are facing prosecution over an alleged scheme of forced kickbacks…

Nigerian producer Don Jazzy has paid tribute to Ayra Starr, whose early career he helped launch at Mavin Records. The label boss says the singer has, in turn, profoundly influenced his own career. Don Jazzy has not forgotten Ayra Starr’s…

The Burkina Faso has ruled out any electoral urgency within the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), which includes Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. During a meeting on Thursday, August 20, 2026, in Ouagadougou with the UN Secretary-General’s…

A delegation from the Departmental Administrative Conference (CAD) of Borgou, led by Prefect Abdou-Chakour Assouma Naro, visited the sites dedicated to the Gaani festivities in Nikki on Wednesday, August 19, 2026. This field tour aimed to assess the progress of…

A violent fire broke out in the Orougnorou neighborhood, in the municipality of Banikoara. The toll reports nine people severely burned and significant material damage, although there have been no deaths. The blaze ravaged a structure of about 20 m²…

A new drama linked to mob justice occurred in northern Benin. Two individuals, suspected of cattle theft, were lynched by residents in the village of Thya, located in the Angaradébou district, Kandi municipality. According to information gathered by Fraternité fm,…

The Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) is sounding the alarm. In response to the spread of a viral video on social media reporting the presence of presumed counterfeit bills, particularly in money transfer points, the issuing institute of…

As part of the preparations for the 2026-2027 school year, the Ministry of Secondary, Technical, and Vocational Education has announced the organization of the 2026 edition of the National Pedagogical Days for Reflection and Consultation (JPNRC) for teachers. In a…

The Economic and Social Council of Benin (CES) officially launched the process of developing its strategic plan for the period 2027-2031 on Thursday, August 20, 2026, in Cotonou. During the proceedings, the rapporteur of the commission, Célestin Guidimey, described this…

Kenya and the United Kingdom reaffirmed their commitment to deepening their cooperation in cybersecurity during a meeting announced on Thursday, August 20, in Nairobi by the Kenyan Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy. The discussions focused on governance,…

Four Cameroonians are among more than 100 people killed in the collapse of an artisanal gold mine that occurred on Tuesday, August 18, in Zamboye, in the west of the Central African Republic, near the border with Cameroon. The toll,…

Six African countries meet the minimum budget transparency requirements of the U.S. State Department, according to its 2026 report published on August 11. Among the African governments that remain below this threshold, nine made significant progress during the examined period…

From Paris, on August 17, 2026, Congolese opposition leader Martin Fayulu called for former president Joseph Kabila and the coordinator of the Congo River Alliance/M23 (AFC/M23), Corneille Nangaa, to participate in the national dialogue announced by Félix Tshisekedi. He believes…

Aubrey Tsengwa, a municipal councillor of the African National Congress (ANC) and former mayor of Knysna, was shot and killed on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, around 9:20 PM in this city of the Western Cape, South Africa. At the age…

Africa captures less than 10% of the global market value for most tree-derived products it supplies, according to a report by Landscape Alliance announced on August 7, 2026, in Nairobi. The organization, which brings together the Center for International Forestry…

The National Security Council (CNS) of Côte d’Ivoire announced on July 23, 2026, in Abidjan, the removal of over 8,500 illegal gold mining sites between 2021 and the first half of 2026. Despite this record, the institution claims that the…

Since August 2013, artists based in Senegal can, provided they meet YouTube’s criteria, join its Partner Program and earn a share of the advertising revenues generated by their videos. This access makes the country an exception in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa,…

Representatives of indigenous peoples demonstrated on Thursday, August 20, 2026, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to demand effective participation in the COP17 negotiations on desertification and to denounce the withdrawal of several topics from the agenda at the request of the United…