BY LOU SIFA (With reporting by Thierry Lobbo) The unprecedented violence that marred the bogus parliamentary election held in Benin on 28 April was believed to be over, but it erupted again at the beginning...
For the English version please click here PAR SOUMANOU SALIFOU Le 31 mai, le Bénin a perdu un des architectes les plus dévoués de son économie des cinq dernières décennies en la personne de...
Cliquer ici pour la version française BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU The little-known French-speaking West African nation of Benin on 31 May lost one of the most dedicated architects of its economy over the past five...
BY JIBRIL TURE On Wednesday, the day following the unprecedented post-election violence that shook Cotonou causing at least three deaths up to then, foreign affairs minister Aurelien Agbenonci convened a meeting with the diplomatic...
BY JIBRIL TURE The violence triggered in the central and northern regions of Benin by the controversial 28 April’s legislative election from which the opposition parties were all excluded spread today, Wednesday, to Cotonou,...
BY LOU SIFA (Reporting by Daniel Assogba) With the Internet and social media restored Monday morning after being cut off during the legislative election held on Sunday in Benin, a real picture of the violence...
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU (Reporting by Damien Assogba) It was the bad dream the vast majority of Beninese hoped would not come true, but it is happening: the legislative elections from which the Talon regime...
BY JIBRIL TURE Despite the tanks deployed on the streets of major cities across Benin, the leaders of the opposition parties that are barred from taking part in the 28 April legislative elections are...
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU Since Patrice Talon became president of Benin on 6 April 2016, he has meticulously managed to undo, brick by brick, the democratic architecture of a West African nation once hailed as...
BY JIBRIL TURE The crisis born out of the exclusion of the collective of the Beninese opposition parties from the legislative elections scheduled for 28 April just got worse after the breakdown of the...
