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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.…

The Porto-Novo central mosque officially installed its new imam, Ichaou Alakouko Samad, in an emotional and contemplative atmosphere. Less than a week after the death of El-Hadj Amzat Houzéifa, the Muslim community turned out in force to welcome his successor,…

As part of the promotion of arts and culture within Benin’s education system, the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts is launching a recruitment process to select specialist supervisors to run cultural classes in schools. Shortlisted candidates are invited…

A security guard, accused of having emptied the mobile money account of a company manager, appeared before the Court for the Repression of Economic Offences and Terrorism (CRIET) on Tuesday March 18, 2025. He was charged with Internet fraud after…

At least six people lost their lives and four others were wounded Sunday morning in an attack on a security camp by Shebab fighters in Garissa County, northeast Kenya, near the Somali border, according to police. Police spokesman Michael Muchiri…

A traffic accident occurred in Dan, in the commune of Djidja, Zou department. Two heavy trucks collided, causing one of the vehicles to overturn and considerable material damage. According to initial reports, the accident involved a truck carrying a cargo…

A currency dealer was robbed in Tchaourou, Borgou department, on Wednesday March 19, 2025. Four as yet unidentified gunmen succeeded in seizing a sum estimated at 5 million FCFA, leaving several people injured. The exact circumstances of the robbery remain…