Africa Benin In the W National Park in the north of the country, rangers who are supposed to exclusively protect wildlife and carry out anti-poaching activities are increasingly involved in anti-terrorism activities, Reuters reported
Africa Benin IMF reaches agreement with Benin on an extended $658 million credit line to address pressing financing needs related to security, impact of the pandemic and war in Ukraine, as well as to anchor its national development plan
Africa Benin Over 67.000 visitors have been registered at the exhibition of the 26 royal treasures from the kingdom of Abomey returned by France since the exhibition opened on 20 February in a wing of the presidential palace in Cotonou
Africa Benin Beninese international superstar Angelique Kidjo won her fourth Grammy on Grammy night in the US, in the Global music category; she is the only African along with South African DJ Black Coffee
Africa Benin A police operation has reportedly been underway in the capital Cotonou since 10 March to reduce the presence of beggars and illegal street vendors, with over 400 people arrested and goods seized
Africa Benin Nigerian activist Sunday Adeyemo, imprisoned in Benin since last year for allegedly plotting an insurgency in Nigeria, has been released under judicial supervision
Africa Benin Eni and the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly develop agro-industrial chain initiatives to grow oil crops for Eni's biorefining system
Africa Benin The exhibition 'Art of Benin yesterday and today, from restitution to revelation: royal treasures and contemporary art from Benin' opened last evening, displaying cultural works returned by France last November
Africa Benin Igboho has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the Republic of Benin for unlawful detention at the Court of Justice of the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) as the cost of general damages for each day he spent in detention
Africa Benin The government has extended by six months the detention of Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, a human right activist and Yoruba self determination activist
Africa Benin The Glo-Djigbé industrial zone will hire 1.000 young Beninese people in textile units aged between 18 and 30 and with at least a secondary education; they will then receive training in textile trades for eight months
Africa Benin Voodoo worshippers gathered in the country to pay homage to deities during the annual Vodoo Festival in Ouidah; most of the worshippers on the beach where the rituals take place are women
Africa Benin An army vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in a national park near the border with Burkina Faso, the latest in a series of security incidents, making fears over rising Islamist violence grow