BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU PHOTOGRAPHY BY ARSENE KASSEGNE Despite being a Republic, Benin is a country with a strong royal tradition. Probably every community boasts kings or other traditional chiefs. While … Read More
BY USMAN MAMA PHOTOGRAPHY BY ARSENE KASSEGNE Cana, today a regular village with a population of ten thousand people located on both sides of the Benin-Niger interstate highway 87 miles … Read More
BY LOU SIFA (WITH JULES MAOUSSI) There was a wide-spread joke here in Benin that the only way out of the frustration over the lingering economic malaise, the daily power … Read More
BY ALAN GREEN International reporting about the Central African Republic (CAR) focuses heavily on the incessant violent clashes between the country’s armed Muslim and Christian factions, with the civilian population … Read More
BY AMBASSADOR ROGATIEN BIAOU Former Benin Foreign Minister President Barack Obama’s tenure was a historical one. First and foremost, it was the first time in history that a person of … Read More
BY CHRISTOPHER SEBASTIAN PARKER Many presidents have assumed the reins of a divided nation, but we’ve never seen anything like the reaction to Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential election. It …
BY JIBRIL TURE In Africa where former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are very popular, Donald Trump’s upset victory came as a shock. Bitter disappointment … Read More
BY CARMEN SABINE VIDJANGNI An Acounting auditor At last gone are the passions. By calling Donald Trump last night to concede defeat, Hillary Clinton demonstrated the triumph of democracy. Once … Read More
BY ALAN GREEN Titled “A decade of African Governance,” the tenth Ibrahim Index of African Governane (IIAG) was released in London Monday. The IIAG, which measures the quality of governance … Read More
BY THE AFRICAN The demise of ultra-conservative Supreme Court judge Antonin Scalia and the looming tug of war between the senate and the Obama administration over his replacement has added … Read More
