2025 in Benin

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Events in the year 2025 in Benin.

Incumbents

Events

Ongoing – Benin–Niger Crisis

  • 8 January – Twenty-eight soldiers are killed in a gun attack near the border with Burkina Faso and Niger.[1]
  • 30 January – A court in Cotonou convicts businessman Olivier Boko, his brother-in-law Rock Nieri, who is in hiding, and former sports minister Oswald Homeky of plotting a coup against President Patrice Talon and sentences them to 20 years' imprisonment and a fine of 60 billion CFA francs ($95 million).[2]
  • 17 April – Fifty-four soldiers are killed in an attack inside W National Park that is claimed by Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin.[3]
  • 2 July – Angélique Kidjo becomes the first black African to be awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[4]
  • 15 November – The National Assembly votes 90-19 to approve motions to extend the presidential and legislative terms from five to seven years and establish a senate.[5]

Holidays

Source:[6]

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Beninese army suffers 'hard blow' in border attack". BBC. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Benin court jails two ex-allies of president for 20 years". France 24. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "54 soldiers killed in suspected Jihadist attack in Benin". France 24. 24 April 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Angélique Kidjo first black African to get Hollywood Walk of Fame star". BBC. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Benin's parliament approves extending presidential terms and creating a senate". AP News. 2025-11-17. Retrieved 2025-11-17.
  6. ↑ "Benin Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  7. ↑ "Benin mourns footballer Razak Omotoyossi". Africanews. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.