Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Presidential candidate Romuald Wadagni gives a speech during a campaign rally in Cotonou on April 10, 2026, before Benin's ...

A court in Benin on Friday handed a top opposition politician a suspended six-month jail term over campaign breaches and banned him from standing for elections for five years, in the latest case ...

Romuald Wadagni is on course to win a seven-year term of office as president – Copyright POOL/AFP ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES Benin presidential election favourite ...

Benin presidential election favourite Romuald Wadagni swept to victory in the country's polls, securing 94 percent of votes, according to provisional results. The electoral commission published the ...

COTONOU, Benin (AP) — Benin ‘s Constitutional Court on Thursday confirmed the presidential election victory of Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni in the West African country’s weekend election. Wadagni, ...

Romuald Wadagni received 94 percent of the vote, according to provisional results. He faces the challenge of a growing jihadist insurgency in the region. By Saikou Jammeh Reporting from Dakar, Senegal ...

Back in 1991, as the cold war ended, Benin won the distinction of becoming the first post-colonial country on the continent of Africa to eject its incumbent ruler peacefully at the ballot box under ...

Benin’s Minister of Finance Romuald Wadagni has secured a landslide victory in the country’s presidential election with more than 94 percent of the votes, according to provisional results. Sacca Lafia ...

COTONOU, Benin — Benin ‘s Constitutional Court on Thursday confirmed the presidential election victory of Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni in the West African country’s weekend election. Wadagni, 49, ...