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Beninese parents will no longer need to visit the city hall to report the birth of their child. On Wednesday, August 20, 2025, the National Agency for Personal Identification (ANIP) launched the pilot phase of the single window for declaration…

Two friends were arrested and taken into custody after stealing a cell phone and a motorcycle from one another between Kpomassè and Tovè. All it started from the night of Monday, August 18, 2025. Invited at his friend’s house in…

The Beninese Football Federation (FBF) confirmed on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, the death of former Beninese international Razack Omotoyossi. In a statement signed by its Secretary-General, Claude Paqui, the FBF and its Executive Committee expressed “deep pain” at the death…

The identification of the victims from the tragic bus accident that occurred on the night of August 16 to 17, 2025, in Glazoué started this Tuesday, August 19, at the Savè zone hospital. Distressed families are flocking to the morgue…

During the night of Sunday, August 17 to Monday, August 18, 2025, the police of the Malanville district made a major seizure of illegal products. According to the information published on the digital channels of the Republican Police, an individual…

A new step has been taken in the rapprochement between Benin and Nigeria. On Monday, August 18, 2025, the two countries signed several Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) focused on the Boo, Baatonu, and Nago-Yoruba language areas. This initiative aims to…

A tragedy occurred on the afternoon of Friday, August 15, 2025, around 3 p.m., in the Avogbanna-Gbéto district, municipality of Bohicon. Two well-diggers, S. Boniface and H. Epiphane, were hard at work on a plot of land when a tragic…

Two days after the tragedy that occurred on the night of Saturday, August 16 to Sunday, August 17, 2025 in Glazoué, the public transport company STM, owner of the crashed bus, reacted through a statement published on Monday, August 18,…

With less than a year to go until the 2026 Presidential election, the debate about the “post-Talon” era is intensifying in Benin. Invited onto the set of ESAE TV on Sunday, August 17, 2025, deputy of the 9th legislature and…

The Ministry of Secondary, Technical and Vocational Education (MSTVE) published, on August 18, 2025, a notice inviting the deployed aspirants who have served until the end of the academic year 2024-2025 to confirm their availability for the academic year 2025-2026.…

On the night of August 16 to 17, 2025, a bus from the STM company, bound for Niamey, veered off its path and plunged into the Ouémé river. The accident occurred around 00:30, on the Interstate Route No. 2, at…

On the night of August 12 to 13, 2025, around 4 a.m., a team from the Tchikandou border police station, in the Borgou department, thwarted a major smuggling operation. A convoy of six motorcycles heavily loaded with banned goods, including…

The former civilian Prime Minister of Mali, Choguel Kokalla Maïga, was indicted on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, for “damaging public goods, forgery and use of forgery”. After a week in custody, he was brought before the investigative chamber of the…

The Constitutional Court of Benin has announced the postponement of the preparatory and plenary hearings initially scheduled for Tuesday, August 19, and Thursday, August 21, 2025. This decision comes due to an impediment of the Court, according to an official…

On Sunday, August 17, 2025, the communal coordination of the Progressive Union Renewal (UPR) of Glazoué firmly responded to the remarks of Jacques Ayadji, president of Moele-Benin. He had accused Deputy Edmond Agoua of engaging in political poaching practices. Meeting…

In the fight against transnational illicit trafficking, the increased vigilance of transport agents has once again paid off. On Wednesday, August 13, 2025, a suspicious package was discovered in a traveler’s luggage at a bus station of a travel company…

The Benin government takes a new step in structuring the labor market. With the enactment of decree n°009/MTFP/DC/SGM/DGT/DRPDS/SMO/SA of April 11, 2025, signed by the Minister of Labor, Adidjatou Mathys, the approval conditions for opening and operating labor placement agencies…

The National Agency for People’s Identification (Anip) introduced its digital platforms to political parties and civil society organizations on Saturday, August 16, 2025, in Cotonou. At the heart of the exchanges: the removal of deceased individuals from the Electoral List.…

A serious traffic accident occurred between the night of Saturday, August 16th to Sunday, August 17th, 2025 on the Thio bridge in the town of Glazoué. A bus coming from Lomé and heading to Niamey, with 54 passengers on board,…

Rescue operations on Monday, August 18, 2025, managed to recover a Malian coach that fell into the Ouémé River in the Glazoué commune. The disaster, which occurred on the night between Saturday, August 16 and Sunday, August 17, left 9…

This Monday, August 18, 2025, in a post on his Facebook page, the Beninese singer Nikanor accuses certain distributors of exploiting musicians by making them sign “fake contracts” and withholding the earnings that are rightfully theirs. He announces that he…

The tragedy that occurred during the night from Saturday, August 16, to Sunday, August 17, 2025, on the Thio bridge, municipality of Glazoué, continues to mobilize the authorities in Benin. An international transport bus, registered in Mali, plunged into the…

A serious accident that occurred on the night of August 16 to 17, 2025, on the Ouémé river bridge in Glazoué, claimed several lives of passengers from a Malian bus. In the face of this tragedy, the Democrats Party expresses…

In Parakou, the Republican Police have put an end to the actions of an individual who was posing as a magistrate. According to information made public this Saturday, August 16, 2025, by Banouto, the man, in reality, a simple reseller…

On Saturday, August 16, 2025, political party leaders, representatives of civil society organizations, and technical experts received training on the digital tools of the National Agency for the Identification of Individuals (ANIP). The aim is to ensure better preparation for…

A bus heading for Malanville ended its journey in the Ouémé River on the night of August 16 to 17, 2025, near Thio in the commune of Glazoué. The Beninese government, through the voices of the Interior and Transport Ministers,…

A serious traffic accident occurred overnight from Saturday, August 16, to Sunday, August 17, 2025, on the Savè–Glazoué axis. A public transport bus, registered in Mali and departing from Lomé for Malanville, fell into a watercourse flowing into the Ouémé…

On Thursday, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump met to try to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Ukraine. However, after this highly anticipated meeting, the analyses remain mixed. According to several western media, no concrete progress has been…

The President of the Movement of Committed Elites for the Emancipation of Benin (Moele-Benin), Jacques Ayadji, has stepped up. On Thursday, August 14th, 2025 in Cotonou, he denounced what he called “low maneuvers” orchestrated by certain leaders of the presidential…

The High Authority for Broadcasting and Communication (HAAC) has taken strong action. On Thursday, in accordance with decision n°25-044 of June 26, 2025, the institution ordered the immediate cessation of illegal activities of two pirate television channels: HOPE TV and…