{"id":76963,"date":"2025-12-08T13:28:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T07:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=76963"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:18:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T10:48:39","slug":"benin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/benin\/","title":{"rendered":"Benin"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Benin Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benin President recently said that the West African nation&#8217;s government and armed forces had thwarted a coup attempt by a group of soldiers and vowed to punish them.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Benin<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a country in <\/span><b>West Africa.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It encompasses an area of 112,622 sq. km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Four countries border<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Benin. These are <\/span><b>Niger <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the northeast, <\/span><b>Nigeria <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the east, <\/span><b>Togo <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the west, and <\/span><b>Burkina Faso<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the northeast.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>To the south<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Benin has a <\/span><b>small stretch of coastline <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the <\/span><b>Bight of Benin,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is part of the <\/span><b>Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Drainage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Apart from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/niger-river\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Niger River,<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which, with its tributaries the M\u00e9krou, Alibori, and Sota, drains the northeastern part of the country, the three principal rivers in Benin are the Mono, the Couffo, and the Ou\u00e9m\u00e9.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>official capital <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is <\/span><b>Porto-Novo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but <\/span><b>Cotonou <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is Benin\u2019s <\/span><b>largest city, its chief port, a<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nd its <\/span><b>de facto administrative capital.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>population <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in 2016 was estimated to be approximately <\/span><b>10.87 million.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Language<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>official language<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Benin is <\/span><b>French<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However,<\/span><b> indigenous languages <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">such as<\/span><b> Fon and Yoruba <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are <\/span><b>commonly spoken.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Currency<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benin was a <\/span><b>French colony<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the late 19th century <\/span><b>until 1960.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Type of Government:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>Presidential Republic.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It follows a <\/span><b>multi-party democratic system.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/world\/benin-president-patrice-talon-says-coup-bid-thwarted-vows-retribution-19783723.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNBC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benin is a country in West Africa encompassing an area of 112,622 sq. km. 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