Tag: Benin

US counter-terrorism official raises alarm about jihadist expansion in Africa

February 17, 2025

A senior US counterterrorism official has raised alarms about the increasing threat posed by global jihadist groups, warning that they are, for example, expanding their ... Read More

ECOWAS-AES face-off reshapes trade routes in fragmented West Africa

January 29, 2025

As the three junta-led Sahel countries are to officially quit the regional grouping ECOWAS on Wednesday (29 January), the years of growing political tensions and ... Read More

Benin: Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group claims responsibility in deadly attack in country’s north

January 11, 2025

An Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group on Friday claimed responsibility for an attack in northern Benin near the borders with insurgency-hit neighbors, Burkina Faso and Niger that ... Read More

Bénin: Pan-African advocate Kémi Séba pursues highest office

January 8, 2025

Stellio Gilles Robert Capo-Chichi, more widely known as Kémi Séba, has announced his intention to run in Benin’s presidential election set for April 2026. The ... Read More

Benin embraces descendants of the enslaved through citizenship

December 18, 2024

A woman from a Caribbean Island recently settled in Benin that once served as a major hub in the transatlantic slave trade. She felt an ... Read More

Africa Visa Openness Index 2024: mixed progress with many challenges lying ahead

December 7, 2024

The number of African countries offering e-visas has risen from 9 in 2016 to 26 in 2024, the latest addition of the Africa Visa Openness ... Read More

Morocco’s Marsa Maroc to start operating Benin’s Cotonou port terminals in October 2024

September 26, 2024

Moroccan port operator Marsa Maroc has signed a deal to start operating Benin’s Cotonou port terminals next month, a statement said. Marsa Maroc will operate ... Read More

Niger: dispute with Benin, rebel attacks force junta to look for alternative oil export routes

July 1, 2024

Niger is considering routing its oil through neighboring Chad and Cameroon, instead of using a China-backed pipeline running from Niger to Benin's coast, after protracted ... Read More

Benin, Niger trade accusations as oil row escalates

June 11, 2024

Benin accused Niger of sending secret agents to spy in its Seme port where a Chinese-built pipeline was supposed to begin exporting Nigerien gas, before ... Read More

UNHCR and UNICEF warn of Sahel crisis becoming ‘problem for the world’

May 31, 2024

"If we don't act now," the humanitarian crisis that is unfolding in the Sahel will "become a problem for the world," a senior UNHCR official ... Read More