Firebrand activist Kemi Seba tells a Pretoria court he fears for his life if deported to Benin, as his asylum claim and extradition battle play out in South Africa.
France enacts landmark legislation to simplify the return of colonial-era artworks to Africa. The law removes a decades-old parliamentary hurdle and opens the door to mass restitutions.
Beninese pan-African activist Kemi Seba was arrested in Pretoria this week, sparking a diplomatic standoff between South Africa and Benin as he seeks asylum in what he calls a fight for his life. Seba, whose legal name is Stellio Gilles Robert Capo Chichi, was apprehended at a shopping centre in the South African capital alongside
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Beninese pan-African activist Kemi Seba was arrested in Pretoria this week, sparking a diplomatic standoff between South Africa and Benin as he seeks asylum in what he calls a fight for his life. Seba, whose legal name is Stellio Gilles Robert Capo Chichi, was apprehended at a shopping centre in the South African capital alongside
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Benin has elected a new president in a vote that marks both a generational shift and a continuation of the economic policies that defined the outgoing administration. Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni secured a decisive victory after his main opponent, Paul Hounkpe, conceded defeat on Monday — just a day after the presidential election held on
Benin votes in a landmark presidential election as Patrice Talon steps down after a decade that saw both economic transformation and systematic democratic erosion.
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Benin is heading into one of its most consequential presidential elections in years — and its main opposition is in disarray. With just days left before polls open on April 12th, the political landscape in this West African nation has been dramatically reshaped by court rulings, electoral exclusions, and a popular backlash that has filled
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