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Nigeria's soaring inflation sparks nationwide protests

Nigeria tries to calm rising inflation and people's anger by hiking up the interest rate as thousands of Nigerians take to the streets. But first: a new date for the Senegalese presidential election, June 2, is put forward by the national dialogue commission, although the talks are boycotted by much…

France 24

Caribbean Summit Host Hails Possible Benin Troop Deployment To Haiti

Guyana, hosting a summit of Caribbean countries, on Tuesday welcomed an announcement that Benin was mulling a 2,000-strong troop contribution to a UN security mission in crisis-torn Haiti.

International Business Times

Dahomey review – interrogative reverie about looted African sculptures

Mati Diop’s documentary is told partly in the ‘voice’ of one of the looted treasures, in a realist jeu d’esprit about the legacy of plunder

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France should return much more looted African art, film-maker says

Mati Diop, the director of Dahomey, which charts the restitution of 26 objects to Benin, says the tiny number involved is ‘humiliating’

The Guardian - UK

South Africa brings genocide accusations against Israel to ICJ

In tonight's edition: South Africa takes Israel to the International Court of Justice, arguing that its response to the October 7 Hamas attacks is a breach of the UN Genocide Convention. Also, there's a reprieve as the Congo River starts receding after reaching its highest level in more than 60…

France 24

What Should Canadian Museums Do about Their Stolen African Art?

Repatriation efforts were stymied for decades. But the problem can no longer be stalled

The Walrus

Transatlantic slavery continued for years after 1867, historian finds

Evidence found by Hannah Durkin includes ships landing in Cuba in 1872, and people held in Benin in 1873

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Benin lifts suspension of imported goods transiting to Niger

Benin has lifted its suspension of imported goods transiting to Niger through the port of Cotonou in a move that follows five months of sanctions on the coup-hit country.

Radio France Internationale

‘Embrace the unexpected’: African art boosts its presence at Venice Biennale

Morocco and Benin will debut pavilions at the international exhibition in 2024 alongside Nigeria’s second showcase, as African artists, designers and film-makers ‘bulldoze’ their way on to the global stage

The Guardian - UK

Benin's President Urges Renewal Of Ties With Coup-hit Niger

Benin President Patrice Talon on Thursday called for relations to be swiftly re-established between his country and neighbouring Niger, which is now controlled by military rulers after a coup.

International Business Times

The felling of the spirits: Benin's shrinking voodoo forests

Benin's forests have long been seen as places of hope for believers of the voodoo religion, but urbanisation threatens the green spaces. Also, Ivory Coast's ghost children are invisible to the state. The number of babies whose births are undeclared are on the rise.

France 24

Groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State take root on the coast of West Africa

Groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State have been spreading from the vast, arid expanse south of the Sahara Desert into wealthier nations on the coast of West Africa

The Independent UK

In Benin, Voodoo's birthplace, believers bemoan steady shrinkage of forests they revere as sacred

In Benin, the birthplace of Voodoo, practitioners of the faith believe the country’s forests are home to the spirits they seek guidance from and pray to

The Independent UK

Benin football federation president faces legal battle over club name change

The president of the Benin football federation is facing a potential legal battle after it was claimed a club he owns circumvented a Fifa transfer ban by changing its name

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Protesters in Ghana demand resignation of central bank governor

In tonight's edition: Frustration over Ghana's worst debt crisis in a generation bubbles over onto the streets. Thousands march in protest against the central bank governor, whom they accuse of dismally mismanaging the economy. Also, US President Joe Biden thanks his Kenyan counterpoint for stepping up to lead a UN…

Dynamite News

35 killed in petrol warehouse fire in Benin

At least 35 people were killed and more than ten seriously injured in a fire at a petrol warehouse on Saturday in Benin's southeastern department of Oueme, the Beninese Ministry of the Interior and Public Security reported. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Conversation

How well you do at school depends on how much your teachers know: insights from 14 French-speaking countries in Africa

Countries in sub-Saharan Africa have made remarkable progress towards reaching universal school enrolment in the past 25 years. Across the region, 8 in 10 children of primary school age are now enrolled in school, and in countries such as Benin and Madagascar this figure stands at almost 10 in 10…

Zenger

Study Warns That African Lions Are On The Brink Of Extinction

African lions remain in only 25 countries and nearly half of these nations have fewer than 250 of the big cats.

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Radio France Internationale

Niger ends military deal with Benin over fears of Ecowas intervention

Niger's junta has scrapped a military pact with Benin, accusing its neighbour of authorising the deployment of troops on its territory for a possible military intervention by the Ecowas regional bloc. This comes as the French foreign ministry has called for the immediate release of a French official who was…

The Conversation

Jihadist groups threaten the conservation of a key west African world heritage site - new study

Burkina Faso, Benin and Niger share a biosphere reserve known as the WAP complex (W-Arly-Pendjari), which spreads across the borders of the three countries. The first part of this 3 million hectare Unesco world heritage site was declared in 1996 and it was extended in 2002. It’s intended to protect…

France 24

Nigerian court rejects opposition challenge to Tinubu's election win

In tonight's edition: A Nigerian court has dismissed a major opposition petition to overturn President Bola Tinubu's victory in February's election. Also, the first ever Africa climate change conference comes to an end with a declaration from African leaders calling for new global taxes to help the continent combat climate…

The Independent UK

From Elgin Marbles to Moai heads: What artefacts have the British Museum been urged to return?

The Parthenon Sculptures, Rosetta Stone and Benin Bronzes are just some of the ‘contested objects’ in Bloomsbury institution’s collection, Joe Sommerlad reports

The Guardian - UK

Being a victim of theft might help the British Museum reflect on returning its own swag

All the old arguments for hanging on to looted treasures like the Benin bronzes have crumbled

The Guardian - UK

Thefts expose British Museum’s ‘ridiculous’ stance on return of artefacts, says MP

Chair of parliamentary reparations group hits out at law preventing return of Parthenon marbles and Benin bronzes

Radio France Internationale

Teenage performers from Benin use girl power to take on the world

On the back of Glastonbury, a team of young performers from northern Benin, in West Africa, took their message of female empowerment to another prestigious festival in England – the Womad World of Music, Arts and Dance.

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