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Benin – Reform of the status of contract teachers: the government reinforces their integration

President Patrice Talon intends to improve conditions for government contract teachers. Meeting in the Council of Ministers on Wednesday March 26, the government adopted...
Society
Edouard Djogbénou
Benin

Benin: a network of robbers and fences dismantled in Godomey-Togoudo

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...
Society
Edouard Djogbénou
Benin

Benin: a luxury hotel complex coming soon to Grand-Popo

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...
Society
Edouard Djogbénou
Benin

Benin: Les Démocrates party denounces growing repression of its activities

For several months now, the opposition party Les Démocrates has been accusing local authorities and the Republican Police of systematically hindering its activities throughout...
Politics
Edouard Djogbénou
Benin

Benin: hearing of ex-DGPN Louis-Philippe Houndégnon postponed again

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....
Society
Edouard Djogbénou
Benin

Benin: a hit-and-run driver arrested after a series of fatal accidents in Cotonou and Abomey-Calavi

A reckless driver was arrested by the Republican police after causing the death of several people on the night of Sunday March 23, 2025....
Society
Edouard Djogbénou
Benin

Benin: 19 candidates admitted to the Supreme Court’s judicial aptitude test

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...
Society
Edouard Djogbénou
Benin

Benin: he makes his creditor believe he’s dead and buried, and ends up in the Criet

On Monday March 24, 2025, the Court for the Repression of Economic Offences and Terrorism (CRIET) examined a highly unusual case: a young man...
Society
Edouard Djogbénou
Benin

Benin: installation of the new imam of Porto-Novo’s central mosque

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...
Society
Edouard Djogbénou
Benin

Benin: casting sessions for the recruitment of cultural supervisors in schools

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...
Society
Edouard Djogbénou