Benin court sentences woman to ten years in prison for drug trafficking
Benin’s Court of Economic Crimes and Terrorism Repression (CRIET) has sentenced a woman to ten years in prison after she was arrested in July 2021 […]
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Benin: Several people killed in a fresh attack in the north
Several people have been slain in the town of Kerou, north of Benin, in a fresh attack by unidentified armed men. The attack, local media […]
CAF chooses Cotonou to host its 45th ordinary GA
Benin’s capital Cotonou will host on July 13 this year the Ordinary General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the African football governing […]
Ghana: Authorities say they have foiled a planned bombing attack
Ghana’s government fears an escalation of violence could benefit jihadist groups in neighboring Burkina Faso. Criminals” have attempted to blow up a bridge in a […]
West Africa’s central bank congratulates Guinea-Bissau’s performance
The governor of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), Ivorian Jean Claude Brou Yesterday congratulated Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embaló for the country’s […]
Guinea-Bissau calls for quick activation of military force against coups in ECOWAS
The Guinean Foreign Minister, Suzi Barbosa, on Monday called on the military leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for the rapid […]
Germany returned to Nigeria 22 bronzes stolen from the kingdom of Benin
Germany returned 22 bronzes from the ancient kingdom of Benin, looted during the colonial era, to Nigeria on Tuesday in an official ceremony in Abuja. […]
UN Working Group demands immediate liberation of Benin opposition figure Rekya Madougou
A UN Working Group addressing the arrest of Rekya Madougou, a political figures opposed to President Patrice Talon, sentenced 21 years in prison, slammed the […]
Benin: Head of Cotonou National Teaching Hospital interrogated over death of 4 patients
The criminal investigation department of the Benin Police interrogated Tuesday the Director General of the National Teaching Hospital in capital Cotonou as part of investigation […]
Equatorial Guinea signs Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Created in July 2017, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is the first globally enforceable multilateral agreement banning nuclear weapons in their entirety. […]