[African Arguments] On May 24, 2026, former Beninese finance minister under the outgoing president Patrice Talon, Romuald Wadagni, was sworn into office as the President of Benin. His election was hardly surprising; the last parliamentary elections held earlier this year saw the two parties aligned with his predecessor win every available seat, resulting in the main opposition party, Les Democrates, losing their parliamentary representation. Furthermore, due to Benin's ballot access law requiring a certain number of
[This Day] Deregistration is one of the sanctions often meted out to political parties when they breach any critical provision of the electoral code. Some electoral laws require that political parties secure a number of seats in the parliament to qualify to exist as a political party. Parties can also be required to meet certain constitutional performance benchmarks without which an infracting political party may be deregistered. When political parties are considered inactive, they can also be sanctioned. It was
[Vanguard] Nigeria's U-17 women's national team, the Flamingos, will return to camp on June 14 as preparations intensify for their decisive FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup qualifying clash against Benin Republic.