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Dans le département des Collines, la mobilisation s'organise déjà autour de Romuald Wadagni, candidat de la mouvance présidentielle à la présidentielle de 2026.

À Glazoué, les leaders Idaasha ont réaffirmé leur soutien ce week-end, lors d'une rencontre au domicile du député Edmond Agoua, coordonnateur départemental de l'Union Progressiste le Renouveau (UP-R).
Conduits par plusieurs figures locales, dont Adahou Aron et Assongba Monlou, les responsables politiques des arrondissements ont assuré de leur engagement pour « renforcer l'ancrage du parti et garantir la victoire de Wadagni dans les Collines ».

Le député Edmond Agoua, qui s'impose comme l'un des relais clés de la mouvance dans le département, a salué cette confiance renouvelée. Il a promis de « défendre les intérêts des Idaasha et des Collines » dans les instances politiques.

À quelques mois du scrutin, les Collines apparaissent déjà comme un bastion stratégique pour la campagne à venir.
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Monday 8 September

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Monday 8 September

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Monday 8 September

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Monday 8 September

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Un homme ivre a trouvé la mort, dimanche 7 septembre 2025, dans un accident de la route à N'Dali.

Un homme originaire de Gogounou est mort dans un accident survenu, dimanche 7 septembre 2025, sur l'axe inter-États N'Dali–Malanville, peu après la sortie nord de N'Dali. La victime était propriétaire et conducteur du véhicule.

D'après plusieurs témoins, il avait pris la route en état d'ébriété après avoir quitté Nikki. Ses frères, qui l'accompagnaient, auraient tenté de l'empêcher de conduire. Face à son insistance, ils ont préféré descendre du véhicule à N'Dali.

Peu de temps après, non loin d'un hôtel, l'automobiliste a perdu le contrôle. Sa voiture a effectué plusieurs tonneaux avant de s'immobiliser.
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Le Bénin a exporté pour 11,4 milliards de FCFA de biens vers les pays de la CEDEAO au deuxième trimestre 2025. Les chiffres ont été publiés par l'Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD).

Le Nigéria arrive en tête des partenaires commerciaux. Il absorbe 38,6% des exportations béninoises. Les principaux produits envoyés sont l'huile de soja (1,3 milliard FCFA), les motocycles réexportés (0,9 milliard FCFA) et les déchets ferreux (0,7 milliard FCFA).

Le Togo suit avec 27,4% de parts. Les articles en plastique dominent (1,0 milliard FCFA), devant le ciment hydraulique (0,5 milliard FCFA) et le fil machine en acier (0,2 milliard FCFA).

La Côte d'Ivoire complète le trio de tête avec 17,9% des exportations béninoises. Les tissus de coton écrus (1,5 milliard FCFA), les imprimés et les fils de coton y sont les plus demandés.

Selon l'Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INStaD), ces données proviennent des déclarations en douane et confirment le rôle clé du marché régional pour l'économie béninoise.
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L'archevêque de Cotonou, Mgr Roger Houngbédji, a dévoilé les nouvelles nominations de curés et vicaires pour l'année pastorale 2025-2026. Retrouvez ci-dessous la liste complète des affectations au sein de l'Église catholique au Bénin.

The EU believes the "best way ... to deliver the humanitarian aid" is via partner organisations working on the ground, an EU spokesperson said on Monday

Half of Afghanistan's population – the women – have been pushed out of public life by the Taliban. Credit: Learning Together.

By External Source
KABUL, Sep 8 2025 (IPS)

In recent weeks, the walls of the Afghan capital have been plastered with slogans about women’s hijab: “Unveiling is a sign of ignorance”; “Hijab is a father’s honour and the pride of Muslims”.

They are messages from the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, created to enforce the Taliban’s strict interpretation of Islamic rule on Afghanistan. Women, once again, are at the sharp end of it all.

Presented as efforts to uphold public morality, the slogans have instead weighed heavily on the mental and emotional well-being of women.

 

Walls That Echo Fear, Not Faith

Many women complain that the constant messaging makes them feel anxious and unsafe. Even those who are fully dressed up in hijab in accordance with the law have become fearful of stepping outside the house, not because of what they are wearing, but because the atmosphere has become so tense and judgmental. When they see slogans staring down at them from the walls, they “echo fear not faith”.

Women are not allowed to wear perfume; laugh out loud or speak openly in front of men. They must not interact with men who are either non-relatives or non-Muslims and are required to always walk with a male guardian in public

Parwin, a young woman traveling on a city bus with her mother, recalls a time when the walls of Kabul were covered with colorful murals promoting women’s rights, peace, freedom, and equality. She said, “Sadly, the Taliban have wiped those away and replaced them with messages that put limits on women”, she complains.

“What women need more than ever is more education not slogans that only scare them”, says Parwin.

Instead, after four years of living under Taliban rule women continue to live with fear, deprivation, and many restrictions.

Maliha, another Kabul resident, raised her concerns over a steady increase in the number of restrictions women now face: women are not allowed to wear perfume; laugh out loud or speak openly in front of men. They must not interact with men who are either non-relatives or non-Muslims and are required to always walk with a male guardian in public.

She said, “Women are born free and should not be cut off from the rest of society. These restrictions do not protect us. Rather, they push us out and exclude us from community life”.

The Taliban came with promises of ‘preserving Islamic values,’ but instead of respecting women’s dignity as recognized in Islam, they have subjected them to repression and exclusion.

Islam recognizes the dignity of women and grants them the right to work, participate in society and to have an education. Using religious values as a tool to suppress women only presents a harsh and unjust image of the faith.

Instead of focusing on dress codes and restrictions, the government should be helping women who have no home. They should be supporting widows and women with nowhere to turn to—by providing them shelter, jobs, and a way to live with dignity.

 

Restrictions That Have Paralized Life

Four years after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, life has only gotten harder for Afghan women. From the beginning, strict rules were put in place to limit their freedom and instead of easing up, those restrictions have only grown tighter.

Girls are banned from attending school after six grade or university. Women are no longer allowed to work outside their homes. In effect, half the population has been pushed out of public life.

In response to these criticisms, the spokesperson for the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice told the media that these slogans are a way to promote Islamic morals.

But in reality a law passed last year with 35 articles severely restrict women’s personal freedoms.

Afghan women today are living without basic rights, and in an unsafe and deeply stressful environment.

If the Taliban continue with the policies of shutting women off women from the rest of society, it not only threatens the future of an entire generation of women, it also holds back progress and development of the whole country.

 

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The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons

The measures will be implemented "immediately", Spanish PM Sánchez said

French Prime Minister François Bayrou will ask National Assembly for a vote of confidence in his government today. After less than nine months in office, Bayrou is expected to lose the vote since the opposition has made it clear that it is no longer willing to support his minority government. The key issue is Bayrou's controversial austerity budget for combating the French debt crisis. Europe's media debate the causes, consequences and potential solutions.

After the Elevador de Glória funicular crashed in Lisbon leaving 16 people dead, the city's mayor Carlos Moedas is facing fierce criticism. Four years ago, following a political scandal during his predecessor Fernando Medina's term of office, Moedas had demanded that politicians also assume responsibility for incidents that are not directly related to their actions.