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. The Women Entrepreneurship Development and Access to Finance Program (WEDAF) is a results-based program (PforR). It will support the government…
Tunisia qualify as Tanzania keep knockout hopes alive DR Congo face Botswana, Benin meet Senegal All the action from the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 Senegal 3-0 Benin Senegal underlined their TotalEnergies CAF AFCON title credentials with a commanding 3-0 victory over Benin in their final Group D encounter, in an entertaining…
· -Benin secured a vital 1-0 victory over Botswana · -Senegal play out to a thrilling draw with DR Congo · -Uganda take on Tanzania in an exciting encounter · -Tunisia lock horns with Nigeria in the final match of the day Follow us on WhatsApp | LinkedIn for the latest headlines Senegal 1-1 DR…
· Nigeria beat Tunisia to qualify for round of 16 · Benin secured a vital 1-0 victory over Botswana · Senegal play out to a thrilling draw with DR Congo · Uganda, Tanzania in East Africa derby stalemate Keep up with the latest headlines on WhatsApp | LinkedIn Nigeria survived a dramatic late surge from…
DR Congo secure narrow 1-0 win over Benin in Rabat Senegal cruise to 3-0 win against Botswana Nigeria recover from scare to beat Tanzania Tunisia ease past Uganda Tunisia 3-1 Uganda Goals: E. Skhiri (10′), Elias Achouri (40′, 64′) / D. Omedi (90+2′) Tunisia made a perfect start to their TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of…
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has suggested that the country’s intervention in Benin Republic should be the model whenever democracy is threatened in the sub-region or Africa at large but on the request of the authorities of the distressed member-state of ECOWAS or the African Union (AU). The Minister said this on Thursday…
The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) at its 1316th meeting, held on 7 December 2025, considered the emergency situation in the Republic of Benin. Council took note with grave concern and strongly condemned in the strongest possible terms the attempted unconstitutional change of government in the Republic of Benin by…
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Yousouf, strongly and unequivocally condemns the military coup attempt that occurred on 7 December 2025 in the Republic of Benin. The Chairperson stresses that any form of military interference in political processes constitutes a grave violation of the fundamental principles and values of the African…
A coup that was announced in Benin on Sunday has been “foiled” by loyal soldiers, the West African nation’s interior minister said in a video on Facebook. “In the early morning of Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, a small group of soldiers launched a mutiny with the aim of destabilizing the state and its institutions,” Alassane…
Journalist Hugues Comlan Sossoukpe, who has refugee status and is a vocal critic of the Beninese government, has been in exile in Togo since 2019. According to local media reports, he was invited by the Ivorian Ministry of Digital Transition and Digitalisation to attend a forum on new technologies in Abidjan,Ivory Coast, from 9 to…
