Africa Benin The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women will examine Benin during this current session from 7 to 25 October
Africa Benin A law was enacted earlier this month recognising Beninese nationality for Afro-descendants, who will be able to benefit from all nationality-related rights, with the exception of 'political rights and access to the Beninese civil service'
Africa Benin All UNIBEN students trapped in the collapse of a three-storey building in a popular student housing estate in Benin have been rescued by emergency responders, said the Edo State Government
Africa Benin Over 23.000 people will directly benefit from the new drinking water sources that will be built in four departments of Benin by GMM, NGO 'a well for life' that works to donate water to those who can't access it
Africa Benin Benin, which recorded its first episode of extremist violence only in 2019, is among the countries on the continent increasingly affected by terrorism; since 2019, the number of attacks has grown year by year
Africa Benin A USD60 million loan has been granted to Benin by the African Development Fund to strengthen economic governance and private sector development
Africa Benin Rwandan envoy Rosemary Mbabazi presented her letters of credence to Benin President Patrice Talon at a ceremony in the capital Cotonou
Africa Benin French-Beninese citizen Kemi Seba, a well-known pan-Africanist activist in both France and West Africa, has been stripped of his French citizenship for his strongly anti-Western analyses cloaked in pan-Africanism
Africa Benin The president of the Armwrestling Federation of Africa will travel to Benin where he will have a meeting with the Minister of Sport and the President of the Olympic Committee to strengthen ties in the West African region
Africa Benin The intensified preparations for the second edition of the African Research and Innovation Forum 2025 has been praised by the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
Africa Benin Relations with Niger have deteriorated further and Niger has stopped exporting oil to China via its pipeline on the Benin coast
Africa Benin Beninese citizenship will be opened 'to all Afro-descendants who wish to do so', announced President Patrice Talon giving details of the process to obtain it
Africa Benin A bill has been introduced to allow many Afro-descendants worldwide to acquire Beninese citizenship; beneficiaries would not have the right to vote or work in the public sector