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Cape Verde: a man arrested with over 600 grams of cocaine concealed in his body

Cape Verde's Judicial Police announced on Tuesday the arrest of a 34-year-old man, who was stopped on Sunday at Praia's Nelson Mandela International Airport...
Society
Romuald ANGORA
Benin

Benin: the central Imam of Porto-Novo is no more

Benin mourns the passing of the central Imam of Porto-Novo, El Hadj Amzat Houzeifa, who was called back to God during the blessed month...
Society
Jean Luc Amegah
Benin

Porto-Novo: the municipality sets an ultimatum for the liberation of public spaces

Following the example of several other cities in Benin, the municipality of Porto-Novo is stepping up its efforts to ensure that the occupation of...
Society
Jean Luc Amegah
Benin

Exclusion of Clément Capo-Chichi from public procurement: the Supreme Court overturns ARMP’s decision

Clément Capo-Chichi can now turn the page on his exclusion from public procurement. In a ruling handed down on March 12, 2025, the Supreme...
Society
Jean Luc Amegah
Benin

Law on traditional chieftaincy: reservations even within the parliamentary majority

Despite its adoption by a large majority, the new law governing traditional chieftaincy continues to be debated in the National Assembly. Nassirou Bako Arifari,...
Society
Jean Luc Amegah
World

United States: the White House refuses to return the Statue of Liberty to France

On Monday, the White House rejected a French politician's request to reclaim the Statue of Liberty for France. "Absolutely not," reacted White House spokeswoman Karoline...
Society
Romuald ANGORA
Benin

Benin: one fatality in an altercation between police and local population in Kalalé

On Monday March 17, 2025, an intervention by the Republican police to apprehend a trader degenerated into a confrontation with the local population, resulting...
Society
Jean Luc Amegah
Benin

Philippe Louis Houndégnon case: requisition by the public prosecutor’s office postponed

The former Director General of the National Police (DGPN), Louis Philippe Houndégnon, prosecuted by the Court for the Repression of Economic Offences and Terrorism...
Society
Jean Luc Amegah
Benin

Benin: 2 agents being recruited by the Ministry of Agriculture put on formal notice

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries has officially served formal notice on two contract agents recruited through the competitive recruitment process for 225...
Society
Jean Luc Amegah
Senegal

Senegal: Mayor arrested for involvement in migrant smuggling network

In Senegal, the mayor of the island commune of Dionewar, Lansana Sarr, has admitted to receiving a significant sum of money from a smuggler...
Society
Romuald ANGORA

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