[Premium Times] "After telling the police officers I bought the sachet milk and sardines, they asked me to bring out the receipts but I told them I didn't have any."

[World Bank] Washington -- The World Bank approved today $100 million in International Development Association (IDA)* funding to support the Government of Benin to empower women and girls, expand access to reliable and sustainable energy, and improve...

[ISS] Interception and incineration of narcotics are positive steps, but aren't enough to break trafficking networks threatening the country's security.

[State Department] The recent trial and sentencing of political opponents Reckya Madougou and Joel Aivo raise grave concerns about political interference in Benin's criminal justice system.

[RFI] Benin opposition leader Reckya Madougou has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for terrorism by a special court in the capital Porto-Novo, following a brief trial that her lawyers condemned as a "political attack".

[DW] A court in Benin has convicted Reckya Madougou of what critics says are politically-motivated charges. They accuse President Patrice Talon's regime of pushing Benin into authoritarianism.

[CPJ] Posting on Facebook from Benin's Central Office for Repression of Cybercrime on November 18, journalist Patrice Gbaguidi wrote that authorities had summoned him for a second time in two weeks over a defamation complaint about one of his artic...