Africa Benin GuarantCo will provide a financing solution of up to USD 63 million to support the financing of a fleet of electric motorbikes and their batteries and exchange stations in Benin and Togo
Africa Benin Independence Day, celebrated today 1 August, marks the day the country regained complete freedom from France; it is a day of great pride for Beninese, who celebrate it with elaborate feasts, military parades and re-enactments of ancient ceremonies
Africa Benin Nigeria and Benin met to discuss the provisions of the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme, giving way to mutually beneficial trade agreements
Africa Benin Benin will face Togo today in the playoff for third place in the ongoing WAFU B U-20 Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast
Africa Benin The African Development Bank granted the country a total loan of €164,25 million to improve urban service provision and build climate-resilient infrastructure to cope with flooding caused by climate change
Africa Benin A fortnight ago, Nigeria's new president Bola Ahmed Tinubu abruptly ended petrol subsidies; since then, the country has been suffering with steeply rising prices
Africa Benin The issue of the population explosion has been at the centre of national public debate since the government declared that high fertility poses a serious risk to the country's development policies
Africa Benin The African Development Bank will launch the first green finance instruments in two public financial institutions in Benin and Côte d'Ivoire as part of its pioneering African Green Bank initiative
Africa Benin The World Health Organisation has announced that Benin and Mali have succeeded in eliminating trachoma, a tropical eye disease that can cause permanent blindness
Africa Benin Ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in civil aviation were discussed by the country with Qatar
Africa Benin President Patrice Talon has ordered an investigation after attacks that killed about 15 people in the north of the country, the government announced, denouncing "criminal" acts
Africa Benin Benin has become the first African country for cotton production, after Mali halved production