POLICY

On Wednesday, January 28, 2026, the deputies of the ninth legislature resumed parliamentary work at the National Assembly. The session on Wednesday saw the adoption of two major texts, addressing both the cultural sector and public health. Notably, this includes…

Members of the 9th Legislature of the National Assembly of Benin are preparing to formally conclude their work on Friday, January 30, 2026, at the end of a plenary session scheduled to mark the end of their mandate. The parliamentary…

Following the January 2026 legislative elections, 32 women will enter Parliament, compared with 28 during the 9th legislature. This evolution confirms a dynamic set in motion since the introduction of measures promoting better inclusion of women in national political life.…

The day after the definitive proclamation of the results of the legislative elections of January 11, 2026, confirming the failure of the party Les Démocrates to enter the National Assembly, Daniel Edah, president of the movement Nous Le Ferons, reacted…

The verdict of the January 11, 2026 legislative elections is not at all incidental for MOELE-BÉNIN. It marks, on the contrary, a turning point. For MOELE-BÉNIN and its president Jacques Ayadji, the central question is no longer the electoral strategy,…

The president of Niger, General Abdourahmane Tiani, has carried out a technical reshuffle of the government, mainly affecting the economic bloc, according to the news site Actuniger. Niger’s prime minister, Ali Lamine Zeine, keeps his post but hands over the…

Following the legislative elections held on January 11, 2026, Benin’s National Assembly will be renewed in a matter of weeks. The 10th legislature will be installed in a political context marked by strong institutional expectations and multiple challenges. The election,…

The former president of Burkina Faso’s transition, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, was arrested in Togo and then expelled to Ouagadougou, according to several corroborating sources. This operation comes amid a tense political context, marked by recent accusations of an…

The provisional results of Uganda’s presidential election place Yoweri Museveni well ahead in the vote, according to figures released by the National Electoral Authority (INE) overnight January 5–6, 2026. With more than 76% of valid votes, the incumbent president is…

The government of Burkina Faso has undergone a significant reshuffle with several changes to the names of ministries, a reorganization that forms part of a restructuring effort undertaken by the authorities to align public action with the country’s current challenges.…

In the face of the political crisis shaking Guinea-Bissau, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) called for the formation of an inclusive government and for the effective restoration of constitutional order. That firm stance comes as the country…

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is positioning himself as the leading candidate in the race for the presidential election scheduled for January 2026, with the aim of seeking a seventh consecutive term as head of the country. This outlook places the…

The joint conduct of the municipal and legislative elections, on Sunday, January 11, 2026 in Benin, took place under the close observation of civil society. In the morning, the Electoral Platform of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) released a first statement…

Within the framework of citizen monitoring of the dual municipal and legislative elections held this Sunday, January 11, 2026, the The Benin Commission on Human Rights (CBDH) presented its initial conclusions on how the voting operations unfolded. Present across the…

The conduct of the municipal and legislative elections on January 11, 2026 in Benin highlighted a marked contrast between, on the one hand, the reassuring official rhetoric and the visible participation of many personalities, and, on the other hand, significant…

The President of the Republic, Patrice Talon, fulfilled his civic duty on Sunday morning, January 11, 2026 in Cotonou, as part of the municipal and legislative elections. Accompanied by his wife, the head of state went to the polling center…

This Sunday, January 11, 2026, Beninese voters are called to the polls for the joint legislative and municipal elections, a major ballot that opens the year’s electoral cycle in Benin. However, in the early morning hours, delays were observed in…

The Benin enters this Sunday, January 11, 2026 into a decisive election day with the effective launch of the parliamentary and municipal elections across the entire national territory. This double ballot marks a major milestone in Benin’s electoral calendar and…

In Benin, the campaign for the legislative and municipal elections on January 11, 2026 has entered its decisive phase. Launched on December 26, 2025, it ends this Friday, January 9, 2026, in a distinctive political climate marked by major institutional…

Following the legislative elections held on December 27, 2025, the Ivorian government led by Prime Minister Robert Beugré-Mambé submitted its resignation to the President of the Republic, Alassane Ouattara, as announced by the Presidency in an official statement on Wednesday,…

The President of the Transition in Gabon, Brice Oligui Nguema, has formed a government of 31 ministers, Gabonese authorities announced. This announcement comes a few months after the presidential election and is part of the reshaping of the executive during…

The Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso has formalized his candidacy for the presidential election. Having been in power for more than four decades, Denis Sassou Nguesso intends to seek another term, after having already served several terms since the 1970s.…

December 28 is a historic day for the Central African Republic (CAR). The quadruple poll took place for the first time in years. Nevertheless, what draws the most attention are undoubtedly the presidential elections. According to the preliminary results published…

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…

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…

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…

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…