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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a €98.3 million financing agreement with the Autonomous Port of Cotonou (PAC) to modernise and expand its infrastructure.

More than a month after a violent chemical explosion in the Ayélawadjè1 district of Cotonou, Beninese authorities have authorised the…

Benin is accelerating the modernization of its judicial system with the creation of specialized courts, strengthening of staff and the digitalization of services for more efficient and accessible justice.

Webb Fontaine, a leading provider of trade facilitation solutions, has announced a significant milestone in its Customs digitalization project in Benin. The initiative is driving a fundamental transformation in Customs operations across the country.

The Committee to Protect Journalists has urged the Beninese authorities to reverse their January 21 orders suspending six privately owned media outlets — news sites Reporter Médias Monde, Les Pharaons, and Crystal News, the Mme Actu Tiktok account, and Le Patriote and Audace Info newspapers — and to return the press card of Audace Info’s publication director Romuald Alingo.

In a whirlwind three-day international promotion, Benin secured €1 billion in financing equivalent to approximately 6.6% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Sunday strongly condemned the deadly attack on a Benin army…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has condemned the recent violent attacks in Northern Benin that claimed dozens of lives.

The Benin military has acknowledged suffering heavy casualties from a raid by insurgents.

Diplomatic relations between Benin and Niger have worsened sharply following accusations by General Abdourahamane Tiani.