Benin news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 4 major Benin news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language.
The Benin media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays Benin's front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. All 4 titles tracked in Benin sit near the editorial centre in our classification, which is common where the press is dominated by public broadcasters and agencies, or where no confident left/right rating was available. Comparison here is less about political line than about which stories each newsroom judges worth the top of the page.
By kind of outlet, the 4 titles break down as 2 digital-native outlets (La Nouvelle Tribune and 24 Heures au Bénin) and 2 daily newspapers (La Nation and Matin Libre). Crosswire lists no public-service broadcaster for Benin, so the fixed point in a comparison has to be a wire service or the most widely read daily instead.
Benin sits in West Africa, on Crosswire's Africa hub. By outlets tracked it is 10th of the 15 countries in West Africa and 11th of the 45 across Africa, where the average is 4 outlets per country. Its neighbours in West Africa with hubs of their own are Nigeria (5), Ghana (5), Senegal (4), Côte d'Ivoire (4), Burkina Faso (4), Niger (4), Guinea (4), Gambia (4), Togo (4), Cape Verde (4), Mauritania (4), Mali (3), Sierra Leone (3) and Liberia (3).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are Benin's main news outlets?
Across Benin's editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists near the center, La Nation, La Nouvelle Tribune, 24 Heures au Bénin and Matin Libre. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
Benin's state-owned daily newspaper, published in Cotonou by the national press and printing office. Descended from the official dailies of earlier regimes and renamed La Nation in 1990, it serves as the government's paper of record, covering official affairs, politics, the economy and society, with print and online editions read across the country.
La Nouvelle Tribune is a private Beninese news outlet based in Cotonou. Launched as a print daily in the early 2000s, it stopped printing after a 2018 suspension by the media regulator and now publishes online only. Often critical of the government, it covers Beninese politics, justice, the economy and society and ranks among the country's most-read news sites.
24 Heures au Bénin is a Cotonou-based online news site publishing continuously updated coverage of Beninese politics, government action, justice, business and sport. Positioning itself on real-time information, it has become one of the most-visited news websites in Benin and a common first stop for breaking domestic news, alongside coverage of regional West African affairs.
Matin Libre is a private daily newspaper published in Cotonou, Benin, with a companion news website updated throughout the day. It offers general news reporting, political coverage, opinion columns and interviews, and is part of the cluster of independent dailies that make up Benin's privately owned press alongside titles such as Fraternité and Le Matinal.
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