By Ali Bamba In Benin, the focus is now on counting the ballots following Sunday’s presidential election. As for the outcome of the race, analysts say there is little chance of a surprise result between Romuald Wadagni, the incumbent president’s…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Benin’s president Patrice Talon said “the best is yet to come for Benin” before casting his vote in Sunday’s presidential election that will decide who will be his successor. Nearly eight million voters are eligible…
By Dominic Wabwireh with AP Benin began counting ballots Sunday after a presidential election that could extend a decade of economic growth while testing the country’s democratic balance. Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni is the frontrunner to succeed outgoing president Patrice…
By Rédaction Africanews and Agencies Benin’s opposition The Democrats says it won’t endorse any candidate in the race to replace President Patrice Talon. With Benin’s presidential election just weeks away, the country’s main opposition party says it won’t be backing…
By Rédaction Africanews and Agencies Benin’s former president Thomas Boni Yayi is stepping down as leader of the opposition Les Démocrates party, citing health reasons. The 72-year-old said he wanted to “fully dedicate this new phase of his life to…
Isaline Attelly, a native of the Caribbean island of Martinique, had been living in Benin for nearly a year before she learned that her family’s connection to the West African country went back much further. Genealogical records confirmed her great-grandmother…
By Rédaction Africanews and Agencies Some 30 people, most of them soldiers, have been jailed in Benin in connection with a failed coup attempt earlier this month, French news agency AFP is reporting. The soldiers took over state television on…
