Tag: Benin
A Belgian Salafist who claimed to want to build “an eco-Muslim village” expelled from Benin
Download Here 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,…
From Benin to Egypt, China reaffirms its commitment to African countries
Download Here 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…
In Benin, the opposition enters the National Assembly but contests the results
Download Here Under a shed in the courtyard where the Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA) sits, dozens of bags are piled on top of each other. Inside are the ballots,…
Legislative in Benin: the opposition returns to Parliament with 28 seats won
Download Here The Beninese opposition returns to Parliament by winning 28 seats out of 109 in the legislative elections, a first under President Patrice Talon after four years of absence,…
Benin elects its deputies with opposition candidates, a first under Talon
Download Here The Beninese elect their deputies on Sunday January 8 and will be able to choose among opposition candidates, authorized to participate in the ballot after four years of…
Germany returns Benin bronzes: a step that is overdue
Download Here Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock traveled to the West African country together with Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth. It is the largest restitution from colonial times to…
Art treasures that were once looted: Germany returns bronzes to Benin
Download Here Once plundered art treasures Germany returns Benin bronzes 12/19/2022, 8:22 p.m With the return of 20 Benin bronzes, Claudia Roth and Annalena Baerbock want to set an example…
in Benin City, the difficult return of migrants repatriated from Libya
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“France does not provide real support to Benin when it turns a blind eye to the persecution of opponents”
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Risky tour in Cameroon and Benin for Emmanuel Macron
Download Here Municipal workers decorate the center of Yaoundé with French and Cameroonian flags on the eve of the official visit of French President Emmanuel Macron, Sunday July 24, 2022.…
When Benin bets on culture
Download Here Iimagine the Élysée transformed into a museum, four times a week for six months, and queues of visitors waiting to enter the cenacle of power where, on returning…
In Benin, the silence of the authorities in the face of the jihadist breakthrough
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