Tag: Benin
In Benin, works returned by France in need of showcases
Between February and August 2022, the works were visible at the presidential palace of Marina, in Cotonou, in the exhibition “Art of Benin yesterday and today: from restitution to revelation”…
In Benin, NGOs and voodoo deities at the bedside of precious mangroves
“Repairing the Earth” (2/6). In this country, one of the poorest in the world, mangrove forests are being saved from destruction thanks to the mobilization of the local pantheon and…
Benin reaches out to Afro-descendants with new naturalization law
Beninese President Patrice Talon in Brasilia on May 23, 2024. EVARISTO SA / AFP Lilith Dorsey, an American citizen, lives in New Orleans but it is in Benin that she…
Société Générale to sell Société Générale Benin to the Beninese state – 07/30/2024 at 9:44 p.m.
Societe Generale SA SOGN.PA: * SIGNS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE BENINESE STATE FOR THE SALE OF SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE BÉNIN – PRESS RELEASE * THE BENINESE STATE WOULD TAKE OVER ALL…
In Benin, residents of the Porto-Novo lagoon threatened by an environmental project
May 3, 2024, on the lagoon of Porto-Novo, capital of Benin, where fishermen, who live in lake houses, are up in arms against the “Green Porto-Novo” redevelopment project of the…
the obstacle course of Valentin Houinato, journalist at Radio France and judoka in search of qualification for the Olympic Games for Benin
Judoka Valentin Houinato at the Paris Grand Slam, February 5, 2023. Journalist at Radio France, he is trying to qualify for the Games under the colors of Benin. CHRISTIAN FIDLER…
In Benin, the voodoo festival aims to attract more tourists
Voodoo followers gathered in Ouidah, southern Benin, January 10, 2023 (AFP/Yanick Folly) On her knees, looking into the sea, Simènou Dangnitché, 48 years old, draped all in white, several rows…
Benin and Togo in 2023, Ivory Coast in 2024: Starlink is deployed in Africa
Mathilde Rochefort November 8, 2023 at 10:31 a.m. 7 To benefit from the Starlink network, you must purchase a satellite dish and take out a subscription © Starlink SpaceX’s satellite…
Ericsson: Broadband services for rural areas in Benin
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Rwanda pledges military support to Benin against jihadists
Rwandan President Paul Kagame on a state visit to Cotonou, Benin on April 15, 2023. YANICK FOLLY / AFP Rwandan President Paul Kagame met, Saturday, April 15, in Cotonou, his…
A Belgian Salafist who claimed to want to build “an eco-Muslim village” expelled from Benin
Jean-Louis Denis, in a propaganda video released in 2011. YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT A famous figure of Salafism in Belgium, Jean-Louis Denis was arrested in Benin and deported to Brussels, where he…
From Benin to Egypt, China reaffirms its commitment to African countries
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat in Addis Ababa on January 11, 2023. AMANUEL SILESHI / AFP Like all his predecessors since 1991,…