Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sindiswa Mabunda covers the sports landscape in Africa. In just a few weeks, the Republic of Benin will host the inaugural ...

Benin’s economy expanded by an estimated 8.1% in 2025 and is expected to remain among Africa’s stronger performers, according ...

EXCLUSIVE: Mediawan Africa, the Republic of Benin and French-language international channel TV5 Monde are partnering to co-develop original daily fiction series The Best Is Yet To Come. The ambitious ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Benin has joined a growing list of African countries where military officers have seized power since 2020. The military takeover lasted several hours on Sunday before officials ...

Isaline Attely, an Afro-descendant from Martinique, receives her certificate of Beninese nationality during a naturalisation ceremony in Cotonou, Benin December 27, 2025. REUTERS/Charles Tossou ...

The African team will be the opposition in Buenos Aires, as Lionel Messi closes out his illustrious Argentina career.

When Benin and Burkina Faso flew to Buenos Aires for friendlies against Argentina -- including superstar Lionel Messi's swansong-- it would have seemed like dreamland for players who rarely if ever ...

Niger’s Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine has accused Benin of violating trade agreements between the two countries by blocking Niger, a landlocked country, from using the Beninese port to ...

It was an open secret. Now, though, it seems certain: Benin‘s finance minister Romuald Wadagni will not try to succeed Nigeria’s Akinwumi Adesina at the helm of the African Development Bank (AfDB).

PARAKOU, Benin (AP) — The “Made in Benin” tags on Fatoumata Dosso’s fabrics represent an ambition much bigger than her fashion business: keeping more of the value of Africa’s largest cotton producer ...