France’s Members of Parliament have approved the return of historical artefacts stolen from Republic of Benin and Senegal. The MPs voted for a limited restitution to…
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More than 500 pregnancies were recorded in secondary schools of Benin’s northeastern department of Borgou during the 2019-2020 school year, the Beninese news agency (ABP) reported…
A Nigerian mom and her two children have been handed jail terms for trafficking a 19-year-old girl to Russia for sexual exploitation. The Benin High Court…
Unknown gunmen on Sunday attacked a correctional centre in Benin City, the capital of Nigeria’s Edo State and freed several inmates in one of the cells.…
Critics say the health risks are too high for a vote that opponents of President Patrice Talon insist should not be happening in the first place.
Anselme Amoussou, general secretary of one of the country’s largest labour organisation, said testing remained “insufficient”.
Maroc Telecom, Morocco’s largest telecoms operator, has reported an adjusted profit of $620 million in 2019. The result was achieved on the back of higher mobile…
Benin is considering to sell euro-denominated bonds this year as the country seeks to benefit from strong demand for the continent’s high-yielding foreign-currency debt. The $10-billion…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) yesterday released a $1 million grant to Uganda to help tackle an outbreak of the Ebola virus. According to AfDB, the…
Nigeria, Niger and Benin on Thursday agreed to set up a monitoring and patrol bodies to tackle smuggling, after months of border closure and dispute between the West African countries.