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One of Africa’s best-known thinkers passed away as he answered his heavenly father’s call this Friday, February 2, 2024, the president of the Association of Journalists and Communicators of the Methodist Protestant Church of Benin (Ajcpmb) said. Professor Paulin Hountondji was born in Abidjan (Ivory Coast) in 1942, and was …

The Beninese Minister of Health has recognized a dysfunction after the death of four patients admitted Friday to the intensive care unit of the National University Hospital Center (CNHU). On social networks, they denounced a “terrible and unacceptable drama”. Beninese President Patrice Talon has ordered an investigation by the regulatory …

The number of people killed during three bomb blasts in a national park in Benin this week has risen to nine, government has announced. A soldier and five park rangers were killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants in W National Park in northern Benin, the South African wildlife …

A soldier and five park rangers have been killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants in a national park in northern Benin. At least 10 other people have been injured. The ambush on Tuesday afternoon happened during a routine patrol in the W National Park, which straddles the borders …

Lawmakers in Benin have passed a law to legalize abortion in the country, expanding on the restricted circumstances where the practice was already permitted. Abortion, which was legally permitted only in limited situations such as rape or incest, or if the mother’s life was threatened, will now be possible for …

It remains three months to go before the presidential election in Benin, President Patrice Talon opened the election campaign with an announcement of his candidacy for a second term supposedly in the spirit of strengthening good governance. A surprise for some in light of the president’s declaration of wanting to …

Will the presidential elections in Benin be like the non-inclusive legislatives of 2019? Many observers believe that the condition of sponsorship imposed by the government implies that the competition is not completely open. Indeed, only the ruling majority is able to gather the sponsorships today for the presidential election of April …

A law on biodiversity in the Republic of Benin was being studied this Monday, January 4 in parliament. It was adopted after examination in plenary at the Governors Palace in Porto-Novo. It is a new step that Benin is taking in its desire to adhere to the Cartagena Protocol. The validation of …

The President of the Beninese Republic has ordered December 31, 2020, the New Year’s Eve, the payment of the costs of all patients healed and blocked in hospitals. The idea is, that after healing, patients in lack of means find their homes. Kept in hospital corridors because of non-payment of …

Beninese opposition and the political party “Les Democrates” of the former president Yayi Boni launch disputes over the conditions for the organization of the presidential election of April 21, 2021. The audit of the electoral register and the immediate application of decisions rendered by the African court of human Rights …