Benin News News Benin » Politics: How Benin’s president plays passport politics with American stars like Spike Lee
Some Americans might have trouble finding the West African country of Benin on a map of the continent, but if Benin President Patrice Talon has his way, Benin will become as well-known as the more ...
News Benin » Politics: Benin election opens new political chapter as Talon departs power
Benin heads into a decisive weekend vote with power set to change hands after a decade under President Patrice Talon, whose time in office leaves behind both measurable economic gains and deepening ...
News Benin » Politics: Re-imagine Ghana with Hene Aku Kwapong, PhD: Benin will overtake us if we keep hiring politics to run businesses
Look at the chief executive of Benin’s electricity distributor, the Société Béninoise d’Énergie Électrique (SBEE). Hippolyte Ebagnitchie did not arrive as a party organiser looking for a public reward ...
News Benin » Politics: Benin calls national ‘dialogue’ over political crisis
Benin’s President Patrice Talon on Thursday announced a national “dialogue” with opposition parties to calm a political standoff sparked by their exclusion from elections in April. The one day event — ...
News Benin » Politics: Rights groups call on Benin political candidates to prioritize human rights
Amnesty International, together with 13 civil society organizations, called on candidates in Benin’s upcoming legislative and presidential elections on Thursday to prioritize human rights protection ...
News Benin » Politics: Benin's former president Boni Yayi leaves amid political crisis: party
Benin's former president Thomas Boni Yayi was in Togo Sunday having left effective house arrest in the country for health reasons, representatives said, as political crisis grips the nation following ...
News Benin » Politics: Talon returns to frontline politics as Benin's first Senate president
Former Benin president Patrice Talon has been elected the country's first Senate president, months after leaving office. The new upper chamber, created under a constitutional reform, places Talon at ...
News Benin » Politics: Chinese oil major hit by Benin ban on Niger oil exports
Benin President Patrice Talon has prevented the start of oil exports from landlocked Niger because the military government in Niamey refuses to open its border with its southern neighbour. This border ...
News Benin » Politics: Benin: Ex-Benin President Talon Makes Political Comeback Via Newly Founded Senate
Talon is therefore returning to politics in Benin via the Senate, a move many had predicted when he revised the Constitution last year. "I will give my very best," he declared immediately after his ...