Benin

Benin presidential candidate vows new police forces to fight jihadists

Romuald Wadagni, Benin's finance minister and the ruling party candidate for the presidential election, shakes hands with supporters after presenting his platform in Cotonou, Benin March 21, 2026. REUTERS/Charles Placide Tossou

Palestine cancel friendlies in Morocco amid Middle East travel disruption

Militants kill 15 soldiers in northern Benin attack, army says

Benin opposition fails to secure seats in parliamentary election

People wait in line to cast their vote at a polling station during the parliamentary election, in Cotonou, Benin, January 11, 2026. REUTERS/Charles Placide Tossou

Benin offers citizenship to African diaspora, with help from Spike Lee

Isaline Attely (3rd from R), an Afro-descendant from Martinique, and other Afro-descendants, who obtained their Beninese nationality, pose for a photograph with Benin's Foreign Minister Olushegun Adjadi Bakari and other Beninese officials, during a naturalisation ceremony in Cotonou, Benin, December 27, 2025. REUTERS/Charles Tossou Placide

Egypt not among the Afcon favourites but will keep fighting, says Mohamed Salah

Soccer Football - CAF Africa Cup of Nations - Morocco 2025 - Round of 16 - Egypt v Benin - Adrar Stadium, Agadir, Morocco - January 5, 2026 Egypt's Mohamed Salah celebrates scoring their third goal REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Mohamed Salah seals Egypt win as Victor Osimhen leads Nigeria into Afcon quarter-finals

Nigeria's Victor Osimhen celebrates scoring their third goal with Ademola Lookman.

DR Congo fan poses as statue at Afcon games in tribute to late leader Lumumba

Democratic Republic of Congo's supporter Michel Kuka Mboladinga pays tribute to his country's late prime minister Patrice Lumumba, by remaining motionless during the Africa Cup of Nations Group D football match against Botswana at El Madina Stadium in Rabat on Dec 30, 2025.

Senegal top Cup of Nations Group D as Koulibaly sent off

Sadio Mane scores for Senegal to see them come back to draw with DR Congo at Afcon

Senegal's Sadio Mane celebrates after he scores a penalty during the shoot-out against Ivory Coast in the Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 in Yamoussoukro on Jan 29, 2024. But the hosts progressed and eventually won the title.

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