[World Bank] Washington -- The World Bank approved $100 million in financing from the International Development Association (IDA) to help Benin promote access to finance and growth for women entrepreneurs in both the formal and informal sectors.

[ACSS] Africa's 2026 elections must navigate a diverse array of complexities from conflicts to entrenched incumbents, growing youth restlessness, and external actor influences for citizens to be heard.

[RFI] Benin votes on Sunday in legislative and local elections that come just over a month after an attempted coup shook the commercial capital Cotonou. The vote follows weeks of campaigning and comes ahead of a presidential election in April.

[Leadership] The Federal Government has secured the release of a Nigerian pastor, Benjamin Egbaji, who was jailed in the Republic of Benin for over two years under what officials described as "dehumanising conditions."

[African Union] At the invitation of the Government of the Republic of Benin, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), His Excellency Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, following the proposal of the Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and ...