Africa Benin Igboho has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the Republic of Benin for unlawful detention at the Court of Justice of the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) as the cost of general damages for each day he spent in detention
Africa Benin The government has extended by six months the detention of Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, a human right activist and Yoruba self determination activist
Africa Benin The Glo-Djigbé industrial zone will hire 1.000 young Beninese people in textile units aged between 18 and 30 and with at least a secondary education; they will then receive training in textile trades for eight months
Africa Benin Voodoo worshippers gathered in the country to pay homage to deities during the annual Vodoo Festival in Ouidah; most of the worshippers on the beach where the rituals take place are women
Africa Benin An army vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in a national park near the border with Burkina Faso, the latest in a series of security incidents, making fears over rising Islamist violence grow
Africa Benin The Miokpehou project has been created to enable young women to improve not only their football skills but overall life chances through sport, by playing for their country at international level
Africa Benin Opposition leader Reckya Madougou has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, despite she declared she has never been and a terrorist while another opposition member was sentenced to 10 years last week by a special court established by the President in 2016
Africa Benin MTN Benin invests an additional 10 billion CFA francs (US$ 1,5 million) for the digital empowerment of the population; focusing on 4G network extension, 75% of the population will be covered by 4G technology by the end of this year
Africa Benin Within the measures undertaken since 2016 in the decentralization sector, the recent reform for improving and depoliticizing the municipal administration was initiated by targeting the exchange on the life of municipalities through various themes
Africa Benin 26 works of art taken in the 19th century during the colonial era that were on display at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris have been officially handed back to the country in a deed of restitution signed by the culture ministers of the two countries
Africa Benin Within a project to curb early pregnancy occurrences, implemented with the support of Plan International Benin and the German Ministry of Cooperation, Bupdos Ong opened their activities for health knowledge for adolescent in another Municipality
Africa Benin Parliamentarians voted to legalise abortion in the country, making it one of the few African countries to guarantee this right to women
Africa Benin The Rainwater Maintenance Program of Cotonou, recently signed by the Minister of Economy and the company Hnrb, will allow the implementation of works for the collection of whitewater, positively impacting one million inhabitants