Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been appointed to lead the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Benin’s presidential election next month, a statement confirmed on Tuesday. According to the statement from the office of the former Ghanaian leader, Nana Akufo-Addo will leadContinue Reading
The World Bank has approved 240 million U.S. dollars in financing to launch the first phase of the West Africa Coastal Areas Resilience and Blue Economy Program (WACA+), according to a statement received by Xinhua on Thursday. The program aims to help Benin and Mauritania protect their vulnerable coastlinesContinue Reading
Benin will make full use of China’s zero-tariff policy to expand exports and promote a new pattern of balanced and mutually beneficial bilateral trade, Benin’s minister of industry and trade said on Wednesday. Shadiya Alimatou Assouman, the minister, made the remarks at the official launch ceremony for exports ofContinue Reading
Twenty Beninese nationals were killed and 58 others seriously injured in a mountain road accident Sunday afternoon in Kara, in northern Togo near the border with Benin, the Beninese state-run daily La Nation reported Monday. According to the newspaper, the victims, who were from the commune of Copargo inContinue Reading
A large boat parade was held Saturday afternoon in So-Ava, about 40 km north of Benin’s economic capital Cotonou, to officially launch the country’s celebrations for International Women’s Day. Nearly 500 women took part in the 10-km round-trip river parade, departing from the town hall. Singing and dancing toContinue Reading
Vote counting began across Benin on Sunday after polling stations closed in the country’s combined legislative and municipal elections. Polling stations opened nationwide at around 7:00 a.m. local time (0600 GMT). In line with Benin’s newly enacted Electoral Code, voting lasted 10 hours from the opening of each pollingContinue Reading
Voting operations for Benin’s 2026 legislative and municipal elections officially began across the country on Sunday, though slight delays were reported at some polling stations. At the polling station located at the Vedoko public primary school in Cotonou, the country’s economic capital, Pierre Vihotogbe, a retired civil administrator, castContinue Reading
