Less than a month after being sworn in Benin's new President Romuald Wadagni has met with Niger's junta leader Abdourahmane Tiani and negotiated the reopening of their common border boosting both economies...

Just nine days after his inauguration Benin's new president Romuald Wadagni flew to Niamey on 2 June for talks described by both sides as ‘highly cordial'...

As Romuald Wadagni approaches presidential election day on 12 April abstentions pose the greatest threat to his hopes of securing a decisive mandate...

West Africa in 2026 charts The results from Benin's parliamentary elections on 11 January will decide whether there is a strong opposition challenge ahead of April's presidential elections likely to be won by Romuald Wadagni the chosen successor of incumbent Patrice Talon...

WEST AFRICA: THE DECLINING DEMOCRATIC DIVIDENDS The results from Benin's parliamentary elections on 11 January will decide whether there is a strong opposition challenge ahead of April's presidential elections likely to be won by Romuald Wadagni the chosen successor of incumbent Patrice Talon...

Meanwhile Talon's crackdown and tight management to ensure the easy presidential succession of his protégé Romuald Wadagni at next April's polls risks souring the mood...

Talon's finance minister Romuald Wadagni who is positioned as his successor after next year's election was telling French journalists that the putschists were surrounded and loyalist forces were mopping up (AC Vol 66 No 18 Talon to step aside)...

Finance minister Romuald Wadagni has been named joint presidential candidate of the governing l'Union progressiste pour le renouveau (UPR) and Bloc Républicain (BR) for April 2026 – confirming President Patrice Talon will honour the constitutional two-term limit...

Still it remains to be seen whether that will translate into running again or whether the president will feel sufficiently comfortable to entrust a protégé such as finance minister Romuald Wadagni to continue his legacy...