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Citizens in Benin head to the polls to elect the 109 members of the National Assembly.
2023-01-8

President Emmanuel Macron visits Cameroon for diplomatic talks to discuss the ongoing food crisis and strategies to increase agricultural production. Macron will also visit Benin and Guinea Bissau on the trip.
2022-07-26

Two police officers are killed and another is injured in Dassari, Benin, by militants suspected to be from Niger or Burkina Faso.
2022-06-26

Five soldiers are killed and several others are injured after a landmine planted by Islamic extremists explodes in Northern Pendjari National Park, Benin.
2022-04-12

After violent days of protests, Beninese citizens head to the polls to elect their president. Incumbent Patrice Talon is expected to win his second term as most of his rivals are either in prison or in exile.
2021-04-11

Protests against President Patrice Talon's re-election bid in the city of Savè result in the death of one person, as troops attempt to disperse protesters with the use of weapons. Six people are also injured by gunfire.
2021-04-8

Voting for the second round of Benin's election begins with current President Thomas Boni Yayi stepping down after completing two terms.
2016-03-20

At least 60 people die in Nigeria following a collision between a bus and a petrol tanker on the Benin–Ore expressway.
2013-04-5

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees starts an emergency airlift to Benin which is suffering its worst flooding in decade.
2010-10-24