Tag: Benign
a busy program on the menu for President Talon’s official visit to Brazil
Patrice Talon begins an official trip to Brazil on Thursday May 23 until May 26. This is the first visit by an African head of state since the return to…
Benin wants to reaffirm its ties with Haiti by participating in the future multinational force
Benin, in solidarity with Haiti, has committed to providing 2,000 men for the future multinational security support force in Haiti (MMSS). This is not the first time that the country…
Benin gives authorization for one-off export of Nigerien oil
Patrice Talon received in audience this Wednesday, May 15 in Cotonou the general director of the Chinese company CNPC, accompanied by some colleagues. CNPC is in charge of the construction…
the Prime Minister accuses Benin and France of wanting to destabilize his country
During a press conference this Saturday, May 11, the Nigerien Prime Minister castigated the Beninese authorities. Relations with the southern neighbor are extremely tense and diplomatic relations at a standstill.…
“We are hungry”, one of the slogans of the demonstration against the high cost of living
In Benin, after being prevented and dispersed with tear gas, the four main unions in Benin – COSI, CGTB, CSA, UNSTB – managed to bring their activists into the streets…
Benin presents a bill to grant nationality to Afro-descendants
Many Afro-descendants from around the world could soon acquire Beninese nationality. The government presented a bill to the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, May 8, which defines the conditions for…
the postponement of the law on the restitution of heritage worries in West Africa
Three heads of museums and African restitutions in Benin, Senegal and Nigeria signed a text this week in the daily The world. In this forum, they deplore the postponement until…
appointments in May 2024
In New York, Paris, Brussels, Geneva, Lille, Dakar, Cannes, Bordeaux, Tangier, Montreuil, Marseille, Togo… Indoors or outdoors, here are 22 events of Afro or African culture not to be missed…
in Benin, several gatherings to protest against the high cost of living
In Benin, two events marked May 1, 2024, an uneventful meeting at the labor exchange and a CSTB march prevented by the police and which led to 72 arrests, according…
the demonstration against the high cost of living blocked by the police
In Benin, the union march announced for this morning in the streets of Cotonou against the high cost of living was banned by the authorities. All access to the gathering…