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The UN Office of Counter Terrorism through its Program Office in Rabat for Counter-Terrorism and Training in Africa launched on Monday its 2nd specialized training session on counter-terrorism investigation skills. Twenty-four law enforcement agents from Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Nigeria and Senegal are taking part in the training to last till Sept.23. The training […]
The United Nations is urging governments of Benin and Zimbabwe to address alleged discrimination against minority and marginalized groups in their respective countries. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination released last week its findings on progress in seven countries whose records were under review. The monitoring committee specifically expressed regret that Benin’s […]
The Federation of traditional health practitioners of Benin, FANAMETRAB, has welcomed the appointment of Doctor Melchior Athanase Joël C. AISSI as new Director General of the West African Health Organization (WAHO). Aïssi took over the leadership of the organization following an intervention of the Beninese presidency which contested the appointment of Yves Armand Mongbo also […]
Thomas Boni Yayi, former Beninese President who also doubles as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) mediator in the Guinean political crisis, concluded Saturday his second mission in the West African country without scoring any point, Turkish news agency Anadolu reports. Guinea has been ruled since September last year by a transition led […]
Following in the UK’s footsteps, also Germany has now signed an agreement to transfer ownership to Nigeria of the Benin Bronzes, among Africa’s most culturally significant artifacts, looted in the 19th century. The Foundation of Prussian Cultural Heritage (SPK) and Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) inked the deal on Thursday (25 August) […]
Global food crisis is one of Russia’s “weapons of war“, said French President Emmanuel Macron during a visit to Cameroon on Tuesday (26 July), dismissing suggestions Western sanctions were to blame. It’s Macron’s first foreign trip since his re-election as he seeks to reset France’s post-colonial relationship with the continent. The French leader specifically denounced […]
French President Emmanuel Macron today (25 July) begins a three-nation tour of western African states in the first trip to Africa of his new term as he seeks to reboot his country’s post-colonial relationship with the continent. Macron’s 25-28 July tour, also the first venture outside Europe of his new mandate, will take the French […]
Al Qaeda in the Sahel is currently developing an “expansion project” towards the Gulf of Guinea, particularly Côte d’Ivoire and Benin, said Bernard Emié, head of French foreign intelligence. Bernard Emié made the remarks Monday while taking part in an executive committee meeting devoted to the fight against terrorism at the Orléans-Bricy air base, during […]
The provisional results of May 17 communal elections in Benin announced by the Electoral Commission in the early hours of Thursday show that the Progressive Union and the Republican Bloc, the two parties of the Head of State, Patrice Talon, took 77% of the 1,815 seats at stake, i.e. 1,555 seats. ‘‘La Force Cauris pour […]
The closure of Benin’s land borders with Nigeria since August has resulted in a drastic drop in the country’s rice imports from Asia. The information was revealed by the Observatory of International Rice Statistics (Osiriz) in its latest economic outlook released in December. Nigeria, one of Africa’s superpowers, closed all its land borders to tackle […]