Séba hopes to secure the backing of the opposition party Les Démocrates, led by former president Boni Yayi, which has the ...

Benin forces suffer heavy losses in a border attack. Are political tensions rising in Sao Tome? And holding the South African authorities to account for chronic water shortages.

Benin is moving fast to secure fresh external financing and may launch the first eurobond from Africa in 2025.Most Read from ...

Prominent Pan-African activist Kémi Séba has announced his candidacy for Benin’s 2026 presidential election. Séba, who ...

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Stellio Gilles Robert Capo-Chichi, popularly known as Kémi Séba, is a pan-African politician and activist in Benin who has ...

The new law, which was initiated by President Patrice Talon, who has been in office since 2016, is part of a broader effort by Benin to reckon with its own historical role in the slave trade.