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Anger mounts in Benin as new data tax drives up internet costs

Anger mounts in Benin as new data tax drives up internet costs

September 21, 2018

A planned protest against a sharp hike in internet costs in Benin was blocked on Friday in Cotonou, the country's commer ...

Benin's former Football Federation president Anjorin Moucharafou (C), pictured 2007, was

Former Benin football chief arrested for theft

September 4, 2018

Former Benin football federation president Anjorin Moucharafou has been arrested on suspicion of theft, judicial sources ...

The facility processes around six tonnes of organic waste every week, turning it into 200 cubic metres of biogas. By Yanick FOLLY (AFP)

'Trash is gold' as Benin community turns waste int...

August 22, 2018

Garbage has never smelled so sweet for a small village in southern Benin since it opened a pilot waste treatment centre ...

The power of the word: A professional storyteller in action at the 'Memories of Africa' festival. By YANICK FOLLY (AFP)

Once upon a time... preserving folk tales in Benin

August 20, 2018

Dusk settled on Sainte-Cecile square and the oil lanterns cast a soft yellow light as a storyteller took to the stage an ...

The crowd witnessed ritual sacrifice of a goat, followed by the deep ring of gongs signifying the beginning of ceremony. By YANICK FOLLY (AFP)

Ritual burial of Abomey king kicks off in Benin

August 13, 2018

Darkness has fallen on the kingdom, the prime minister of the Abomey kingdom in southern Benin told the 300,000 people ...

Benin President Patrice Talon said he was putting promised constitutional reforms on hold. By Sia KAMBOU (AFP/File)

Benin puts constitutional reform on hold

August 1, 2018

Benin President Patrice Talon has decided to put his constitutional reform project on hold, arguing that the organisatio ...

The ancestral king of Dahomey, Dah Agoli Agbo, pictured in ceremonial regalia in 2004. By PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (AFP)

Benin buries ancestral king of Dahomey

July 3, 2018

Benin has buried Dah Dedjalagni Agoli-Agbo, monarch of the former militaristic kingdom of Dahomey, after he returned to ...

Efforts by Benin's president to introduce free-market reforms have triggered a wave of strikes and demonstrations across this west African nation. By Yanick Folly (AFP/File)

Benin bans strikes in defence, health, justice sec...

June 29, 2018

Benin's Constitutional Court has banned the right to strike by workers in the country's defence, security, justice and h ...

Residents of Alongo village use a boat to transport the Zangbeto, a traditional voodoo guardian, not, as once, to maintain law and order, but to help protect the rich mangrove ecosystem. By YANICK FOLLY (AFP)

Zangbeto: voodoo saviour of Benin's mangroves

May 27, 2018

In a wooden canoe on the waters of the Mono River in southwest Benin, a strange cone-shaped effigy in purple raffia and ...

Benin's Sebastien Ajavon in March 2018 launched his own political party and made known he wants to stand at the next election that is expected in 2020. By PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (AFP/File)

Benin opposition politician goes to African court

May 9, 2018

Benin opposition politician Sebastien Ajavon on Wednesday took the country's government to court, demanding nearly $990 ...

Benin last month asked a local firm Petrolin and French giant Bollore to withdraw from the railway to make way for Chinese investment. By YANICK FOLLY (AFP/File)

Benin, Niger back Chinese involvement in mega rail...

April 7, 2018

The leaders of Benin and Niger have given their backing to Chinese involvement in a controversial major rail infrastruct ...

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