Benin’s Constitutional Court on Monday upheld the rejection of the main opposition party, Les Démocrates (The Democrats), from participating in the April 2026 presidential election, a decision that ...

Benin President Patrice Talon listens to French President Emmanuel Macron after a signing ceremony at the Elysee Palace in ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Benin recently strengthened their political and defence partnership following a series of high-level diplomatic ...

Seychelles has long been a pioneer in visa-free travel. The island nation has maintained an open-door policy for years, ...

Benin's electoral commission said on Thursday it had excluded the main opposition candidate from standing in next April's ...

A growing number of African countries are opening their borders to one another without visa, creating a new sense of ...

T he first leaders of independent African countries were often known as fathers of their nations. Today Paul Biya, Cameroon’s president, is old enough to be the great-great-grandfather of some voters ...

With Benin's presidential election just months away, the movement has revealed the name of its candidate. It is Patrice Talon's current Minister of Economy and Finance, Mr. Romuald Wadagni. This is, ...

Benin has passed a law granting citizenship to descendants of slaves who can prove their ancestry, as part of a broader effort to reckon with the country’s role in the slave trade.

Beninese President Patrice Talon has firmly rejected any notion of seeking a third presidential term, despite persistent calls from his close associates and a segment of the public. This definitive ...