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Jewel City, a newly developed mixed-use precinct situated in the heart of the Johannesburg CBD is meant to create a safe, green and energetic place for people in the city. Credit: Gulshan Khan / Climate Visuals

By Busani Bafana
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Feb 3 2026 (IPS)

Our food, fuel, and fortunes come from nature, but as these resources are turned into profits, the balance between exploiting and replenishing the planet is ever more precarious.

Global businesses impact nature through mining, manufacturing, processing and retail operations. At the same time, nature impacts business operations because there is a loss of biodiversity and extreme weather events such as droughts, floods, and high temperatures.

How global business is affecting nature and vice versa is the focus of a new assessment by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) to be launched next week as part of the 12th session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).

IPBES is the global science-policy body tasked with providing the best-available evidence to decision-makers for people and nature. IPBES assessment reports respond directly to requests from governments and decision-makers, making them immediately relevant around the world.

The plenary session got underway earlier today (February 3, 2026) with a keynote address from Emma Reynolds, MP, UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and remarks by Astrid Schomaker, executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity; Kaveh Zahedi, FAO director of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment; IPBES chair Dr. David Obura; and IPBES executive secretary Dr. Luthando Dziba.

“This week you will work to agree on the business and biodiversity assessment; I pray with all my heart that it will help shape concrete action for years to come, including leveraging public and private sector finance,” King Charles said.

Reynolds sounded an optimistic note.

“Around the world, momentum is building. Countries are restoring wetlands and forests. Communities are reviving degraded landscapes. Businesses are discovering that investing in nature delivers real returns. The tide for nature is beginning to turn. But we cannot afford to slow down. The window to halt biodiversity loss by 2030 is narrowing. We need to build on that momentum—and we need to do it now. That is why platforms like IPBES matter more than ever. At a time when some are stepping back from international cooperation, the rest of us must step forward. Together we will demonstrate that protecting and restoring nature isn’t just an environmental necessity; it’s essential for our security, our economy, and our future.”

Obura said the plenary in Manchester was symbolic, as it had been at the forefront of historical and business transformation.

“This is especially important just days after the World Economic Forum’s 2026 Global Risks Report again spotlighted biodiversity loss as the second most urgent long-term risk to business around the world.”

Dziba said IPBES was on course.

“IPBES is therefore on track to deliver—over the coming years—crucial knowledge and inspiration to support the implementation of current goals and targets and to provide the scientific foundation needed by the many processes now shaping the global agenda beyond 2030.”

Professor Ximena Rueda-Fajardo, Co-chair of the BizBiodiversity Assessment. Credit: IPBES

The Business and Biodiversity Assessment report, the first of its kind, presents scientific evidence on how global business depends on and affects nature. Aimed at governments, businesses, financial institutions, civil society, Indigenous Peoples, and local communities, the assessment will provide key insights and options for businesses and financial institutions to derive better outcomes for biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people.

After three years of work by 80 of the world’s leading experts from science, the private sector, Indigenous Peoples, and local communities across 35 countries, the assessment will help promote business accountability and transparency while improving producer and consumer knowledge of their impacts and dependencies on nature. The Business and Biodiversity Assessment was completed in a shorter time than other IPBES assessments, which typically cover four years. It was completed in two years at a total cost of more than USD 1.5 million.

Why the Assessment on Business and Biodiversity?

The assessment comes at a time scientists are warning of a climate crisis, as we are off track to reducing carbon emissions and slow progress on phasing out fossil fuels. Global business has a complex link with nature, which provides resources that drive industry, yet nature  impacts global business too.

Speaking to IPBES’s Nature Insight Speed Dating with the Future podcast, co-chair of the IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment, Professor Ximena Rueda Fajardo, says engaging with nature is not a business option but a necessity.

“Businesses are both beneficiaries of nature and major contributors to its decline—so they have a critical role in ensuring the wise stewardship of our environment,” says Fajardo, adding that, “This is vital for their bottom line, long-term prosperity and the transformative change needed for more just and sustainable futures.”

IPBES highlights that over half of global GDP (USD 117 trillion of economic activity in 2025) is generated in sectors that are moderately to highly dependent on nature.

Matt Jones, chief impact officer at the UN Environment Programme’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre and co-chair of the report. Credit: Anastasia Rodopoulou ENB/IISD

Business and nature depend on each other. However, there are opposing views between those who advocate for nature and those involved in business on the relationship between the two. But science has found that there are interdependent linkages between nature and business.

More than half of the global economy is dependent on nature through the goods and services it provides, known as ecosystem services.

According to the World Economic Forum, biodiversity is shrinking faster than at any point in human history, and if left unchecked, up to 50 percent of all species may be lost by mid-century. In the last 50 years, land and sea-use change, climate change, natural resource use and exploitation, pollution and invasive alien species have been the major drivers of over 90 percent of the loss of biodiversity.

While it is difficult to quantify ecosystem services like food, medicines, clean air, disease control and climate regulation, they are estimated to be worth more than USD 150 trillion a year. Conservative estimates suggest that the loss of nature could cost the global economy at least USD 479 billion per year by 2050.

The Nature of Business Is Not Always Nature Friendly

Business operations have had a profound impact on nature, from pollution of the environment to waste and loss of biodiversity as a result of manufacturing and processing activities. What’s more, the current use of fossil fuels in powering industries has contributed to the rise in carbon emissions. Should businesses be adopting a new economic model that protects and preserves nature?

The rapid expansion of economic activity, without proper attention to its negative side effects, has taken its toll on nature, which in turn poses serious threats to business, IPBES found.

Engaging with nature is not optional for business but a necessity, says  Ximena Rueda, Co-chair of the IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment Fajardo and Professor at the School of Management at Universidad de los Andes in Colombia.

“Businesses are both beneficiaries of nature and major contributors to its decline—so they have a critical role in ensuring the wise stewardship of our environment,” says Fajardo, adding that, “This is vital for their bottom line, long-term prosperity and the transformative change needed for more just and sustainable futures.”

A Map for Business To Impact Biodiversity and Nature

The IPBES methodological assessment of the impact and dependence of business on biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people is expected to be approved at the 12th session of the IPBES Plenary, which opened in Manchester, United Kingdom, this week.

According to IPBES, the assessment categorizes dependencies and impacts of businesses and financial institutions on biodiversity and  nature’s contributions to people. The assessment will further highlight collaborations needed between governments, the financial sector, consumers, Indigenous Peoples, local communities and civil society. It will also, through recommendations, strengthen efforts by businesses to achieve the goals and targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework by 2030 and the global vision of a world living in harmony with nature by 2050.

Expected Impacts

The IPBES Business and Biodiversity Report will provide critical information to governments, businesses and the financial sector to best measure the dependencies and impacts of business on biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people. It will also inform more integrated business and financial decisions and actions to simultaneously achieve the SDGs, the Global Biodiversity Framework and the Paris Agreement

Matt Jones, chief impact officer at the UN Environment Programme’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre and co-chair of the report, is convinced that there is no business that doesn’t depend on biodiversity. For example, do hairdressers depend on biodiversity?

“There are so many personal care products. There are so many things to do with shampoos that are derived from botanicals, which are derived from the natural world. A huge amount of their value chain is actually contingent on people being able to access products that are naturally derived. Think about it. You look at the adverts for these products. How often are they somebody in a waterfall or somebody in a forest… So even a hairdresser, where you go to get your haircut, absolutely depends on nature.”

Jones notes that the economic system encourages businesses to extract resources from nature. It is almost by default that business will have an impact on nature.

“As soon as you start talking about nature loss and the dependency that businesses have, the conversation changes,” he said. “What we found after people started understanding the risk to the business from nature loss was actually that the level of the conversation fundamentally changed. A business doesn’t just impact nature, but it depends on it.”

“And those interactions, they all create risk to the business if we see nature continuing to decline.”

Conservative estimates suggest that a collapse of essential ecosystem services, including pollination, marine fisheries and timber provision in native forests, could result in annual losses to the global GDP of USD 2.7 trillion by 2030. Similarly, biodiversity loss is believed to be costing the global economy 10 percent of its output annually.

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Most major destination countries are shifting from a policy of expanding migrant labor to one of selectivity and restriction in order to manage immigration within their borders, especially unauthorized immigration. Credit: Shutterstock

By Joseph Chamie
PORTLAND, USA, Feb 3 2026 (IPS)

The delicate balance of international migration relies on the high demand for labor and the enforcement of stricter immigration controls. This equilibrium is especially crucial when considering the international migration of students and skilled workers.

International students and skilled migrant workers play essential roles in economic development and addressing labor shortages in many countries. However, these individuals are facing increasing obstacles in entering and integrating into destination countries.

Essentially, most major destination countries are shifting from a policy of expanding migrant labor to one of selectivity and restriction in order to manage immigration within their borders, especially unauthorized immigration.

A notable exception to this global trend is Spain, which is granting legal status to half a million undocumented migrants. This policy aims to reduce labor exploitation in Spain’s underground economy and meet the need for around 300,000 migrant workers annually to sustain its economy.

The stricter immigration controls in many destination countries are primarily driven by political shifts to the right, national security concerns, public pressure, unauthorized migration, unlawful border crossings, visa overstays, and anxieties about changing population composition and social integration. These controls are also limiting asylum seekers and low skilled migrants while favoring highly skilled migrants.

Major destination countries have also implemented stricter immigration controls in terms of international student migration.

These controls include stricter visa rules and entry requirements, fixed-term visas, limited years of study, work permit restrictions, higher financial costs, and restrictions on bringing dependents. These measures are driven by high net migration, efforts to curb visa misuse, university enrollment caps, housing pressures, higher financial requirements, and restrictions on bringing family dependents.

In 2024, there were approximately 304 million international migrants worldwide, representing about 3.7% of the world’s population of 8.2 billion. This figure is nearly double the number of international migrants in 1990, which was approximately 154 million, representing 2.9% of the world’s population of 5.3 billion at that time (Figure 1).

Source: United Nations.

The top five migration destination countries and their percentage of all migrants are the United States (17%), Germany (6%), Saudi Arabia (5%), the United Kingdom (4%), and France (3%) (Figure 2).

Source: United Nations.

In contrast, the top five emigration countries and their percentage of all emigrants are India (6%), China (4%), Mexico (4%), Ukraine (3%), and Russia (3%) (Figure 3).

Source United Nations.

As of 2024–2025, there were approximately 7 million internationally mobile students globally. The key destinations for these international students were the United States (17%), Canada (12%), the United Kingdom (11%), France (7%), and Australia (6%). Other major destination countries were Germany, Russia, South Korea, China, and Spain (Figure 4).

Source: United Nations.

In addition to internationally mobile students, there were approximately 168 million migrant workers in 2022, accounting for about 5 percent of the global labor force. About two-thirds of all migrants of working age are in the labor force, with 60% of them being men.

In many of the more developed countries, the percentage of migrant workers in the labor force is significantly higher. For example, in the United States, approximately 20% of the labor force, totaling over 30 million people, consists of immigrants and foreign-born workers who are concentrated in the construction, farming, and service sectors. Canada has an even higher proportion of 30%, with many migrant workers represented in the tech sector, manufacturing, and healthcare.

Migrant workers can be found across all skill levels. Despite many possessing higher qualifications, they are often concentrated in lower-skilled industries such as services, agriculture, construction, and tourism. However, sectors and occupations related to high-skilled information technology and professional work often rely on skilled migrant labor to address labor shortages.

Migrant workers can be found across all skill levels. Despite many possessing higher qualifications, they are often concentrated in lower-skilled industries such as services, agriculture, construction, and tourism. However, sectors and occupations related to high-skilled information technology and professional work often rely on skilled migrant labor to address labor shortages

The populations of most developed countries and many developing countries are experiencing declining, ageing, and diversifying trends in the 21st century. These three profound demographic changes present significant social, economic, political, and ethical challenges.

As populations rapidly evolve during the 21st century, changes in fertility, mortality, and migration are shaping the demographics of many regions. These changes are based on past trends, current data, and projected future patterns over the next eighty years.

Projections suggest that population decline will persist because of low fertility rates remaining below the replacement levels of about two births per woman. Many countries have experienced low fertility rates for an extended period. The population of the more developed countries is expected to decrease by 14 million by 2050, while the least developed countries are projected to grow by 733 million during the same period.

Regarding mortality rates, life expectancies are anticipated to continue rising throughout the century. For instance, the current life expectancy at birth of 80 years in more developed countries is projected to reach approximately 84 years by 2050 and 90 years by the end of the 21st century.

In addition to declining populations and increasing life expectancy, many countries have experienced a “historic reversal” in their age structures. By 2025, 55 countries and areas had experienced this reversal, with more countries expected to undergo the same soon.

This significant demographic milestone occurs when the percentage of individuals aged 65 and older exceeds the percentage of those aged 17 and younger. In simpler terms, it is when older adults outnumber children in a population.

Population ageing is expected to continue throughout the remainder of the 21st century. The median age for more developed countries currently at 42 years is projected to increase to 45 years by 2050 and 48 years by 2100.

Additionally, the proportion of elderly individuals is projected to continue rising. For example, Europe’s elderly population is expected to increase to approximately 30 percent by mid-century.

Major destination countries are also becoming more ethnically diverse due to increasing levels of international migration. For instance, the estimated number of foreign-born individuals in Europe, which was around 57 million at the beginning of the 21st century, has risen to approximately 87 million by 2020.

The population compositions of many countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, are becoming significantly more ethnically diverse. Population projections suggest that the US and the UK populations will become “minority white” around 2045 and 2065, respectively.

In addition to high levels of legal migration, increasing levels of unauthorized migration pose mounting challenges for many destination countries and for international students and skilled migrant labor.

Notable among these challenges are the negative attitudes and hostilities towards immigrants and their families, as well as the increasing political influence of far-right nationalist parties advocating anti-immigrant policies. These parties are concerned that the growing numbers of immigrants will have a negative impact on their traditional culture, shared values, and national identity. They believe that immigration, especially unauthorized migration, undermines their way of life, national security, ethnic heritage, and social cohesion.

A significant factor fueling the unprecedented high levels of unauthorized migration to many destination countries is the rapid demographic growth of sending countries. Many of these countries, which are struggling with poverty, political instability, civil strife, and climate change, are in the less developed regions of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

The number of people desiring to emigrate permanently is approximately 1.3 billion. This number significantly exceeds the number of immigrants countries are willing to admit, leading many individuals to migrate without authorization.

Of particular note is Africa’s population, which currently includes 33 of the 46 least developed countries in the world. Africa’s population is expected to more than triple during the 21st century, increasing from approximately 800 million to nearly 4 billion.

In summary, the major demographic features of traditional destination countries for the 21st century are declining, ageing, and diversifying. In contrast, the populations of most sending countries are increasing and remain relatively young, with many of them wishing to emigrate to a developed country.

These potent, pervasive, and differing demographic trends are creating a delicate balance of high demand for labor and the implementation of stricter immigration controls. This balance is especially relevant for international students and skilled migrant labor as it impacts their entry and integration into destination countries.

Joseph Chamie is an independent consulting demographer and former director of the United Nations Population Division.

 

Le déménagement du grand marché de Dantokpa se fera progressivement. L'annonce a été faite par la directrice générale de l'Agence Nationale de Gestion des Marchés (ANAGEM), Eunice Loisel Kiniffo.

Le déménagement du marché de Dantokpa se fera de manière progressive afin de préserver l'activité commerciale et sociale du site, a indiqué la directrice générale de l'Agence Nationale de Gestion des Marchés (ANAGEM), Eunice Loisel Kiniffo.

Intervenant sur un Podcast, elle a précisé que les autorités entendent privilégier une transition en douceur. « Le chef de l'État nous a dit de laisser les dames vendre calmement pendant cette période de fête et après, elles vont déménager tout doucement », a-t-elle affirmé.

Selon la responsable de l'ANAGEM, le marché de Dantokpa compte actuellement 33 secteurs d'activités regroupant environ 20 000 personnes. Un recensement exhaustif a été mené directement sur le site pendant 45 jours afin d'identifier chaque marchand et de garantir un relogement adapté dans les nouveaux espaces commerciaux.

Plusieurs sites ont été retenus pour accueillir les commerçants appelés à quitter Dantokpa. Une partie sera installée au Pôle commercial Général Mathieu Kérékou, situé à proximité du stade GMK à Cotonou, tandis que d'autres rejoindront le marché de gros, le Pôle agroalimentaire du Grand Nokoué, ou encore différents marchés de détail.

Des capacités d'accueil ont déjà été sécurisées, notamment au marché de Midombo où un bloc de 336 places et des boutiques sont réservés aux commerçants de Dantokpa.

Des espaces sont également disponibles dans les marchés de Wologuèdè, Aidjèdo, Mènontin et Hlazounto, à Agla, où environ 150 places restent encore accessibles.
M. M.

Le Bénin poursuit la modernisation de ses infrastructures marchandes. 20 marchés modernes sont déjà construits et ouverts sur les 35 prévus au Programme d'Actions du Gouvernement (PAG).

Le programme de modernisation des marchés progresse sur l'ensemble du territoire béninois. Sur les 35 marchés modernes dont 21 de détails prévus, 20 sont déjà opérationnels, selon la Directrice de l'Agence Nationale de Gestion des Marchés (ANAGEM), Eunice Loisel Kiniffo.

Le dernier de cette série, le marché de Ouando à Porto-Novo, est actuellement en phase de finalisation. « Le marché sera mis à disposition de l'ANAGEM à partir de la fin du mois de janvier et pourra être ouvert dès le mois de février », a précisé la Dg.

Parallèlement à ces infrastructures, d'autres projets marchands sont en cours de développement. Ils concernent notamment un marché au poisson, un marché de poisson fumé à Abomey-Calavi ainsi qu'un site à Godomey destiné aux marchands de plantes médicinales et de charbon.

La construction d'un marché à bétail est également annoncée, tandis que l'ANAGEM assurera la gestion du marché flottant de Ganvié, dont l'opérationnalisation est prévue pour ce mois de janvier.
M. M.

La Commission prévoit de conclure son processus de désignation au titre de la loi sur les services numériques au cours du premier trimestre 2026.

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L'affaire est présentée comme le plus grand recours collectif jamais intenté en Europe pour contamination par des polluants éternels.

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Malgré l’augmentation des importations d’électricité en provenance de l’Union européenne, le système énergétique ukrainien apparaît de plus en plus vulnérable après plusieurs années de bombardements russes visant les infrastructures critiques du pays.

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Après Abuja, la capitale nigériane, la ville de Lagos a accueilli le mercredi 28 janvier 2026, la deuxième étape du Benin-Nigeria Business Forum (BNBF-2026). Environ 300 chefs d'entreprises nigérians et des responsables d'institutions publiques et privées du Bénin et du Nigéria, ont pris part aux échanges visant à transformer les relations bilatérales en projets d'investissements concrets, bancables et à fort impact.

Le Benin-Nigeria Business Forum, plateforme stratégique de rencontres, d'échanges, et d'opportunités d'affaires entre le Bénin et le Nigéria a connu un succès franc à l'étape de Lagos, marquant ainsi le renforcement des relations économiques, commerciales et d'investissement entre les deux pays. Cette étape déterminante vise selon les organisateurs, trois principaux objectifs. Il s'agit de positionner le Bénin comme une destination d'investissement compétitive, stable et attractive pour les entreprises nigérianes ; d'encourager les investisseurs nigérians à utiliser le Bénin comme plateforme d'accès aux marchés régionaux et internationaux ; et de renforcer la collaboration entre institutions et secteur privé autour d'une vision partagée de croissance et de prospérité.

Le Bénin, une plateforme opérationnelle
Le Bénin dira le Directeur Général de l'Agence de Promotion des Investissements et des Exportations (APIEx), n'est plus une promesse, mais plutôt une plateforme opérationnelle. « Sous l'impulsion du Gouvernement, des réformes ambitieuses ont été mises en œuvre afin d'offrir aux investisseurs un cadre des affaires stable, compétitif et prévisible », a souligné Eric AKOUTE évoquant le rôle clé de l'APIEx comme « guichet unique, accompagnant les projets depuis l'intention d'investissement jusqu'à leur réalisation effective ». « Les investisseurs nigérians trouveront au Bénin des opportunités réelles et un partenaire institutionnel pleinement engagé », a-t-il rassuré.
Offrir un environnement où les décisions d'investissement se traduisent rapidement en opérations, en croissance et en résultats mesurables, telle est l'ambition qu'affiche le Bénin. Le Vice-Président de la Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie du Bénin (CCI Bénin), l'a rappelé et invité les investisseurs nigérians à saisir le potentiel croissant du pays. « Lagos est un centre d'affaires majeur, et le Bénin est prêt à en être le prolongement naturel pour des projets structurés et rentables », a souligné Casimir MIGAN.

Pour sa part, Faki ADJE, Directeur Général Adjoint de la SIPI-Bénin, a mis en avant le volume des exportations vers le Nigéria ; lequel a augmenté de plus de 90% en 2024, et illustre un marché dynamique et porteur. « La Zone Industrielle de Glo-Djigbé (GDIZ) fournit l'infrastructure nécessaire pour saisir cette opportunité, alliant rapidité d'installation, compétitivité opérationnelle et accès privilégié aux marchés locaux et régionaux », a-t-il souligné. Conçue pour les industriels exigeants, la GDIZ offre d'après lui, « un écosystème clé en main » fait d'infrastructures modernes, d'une administration intégrée et d'une vision stratégique visant à positionner le Bénin comme « une base industrielle compétitive au service de l'Afrique et de l'export ».

Le financement, un levier important pour l'investissement
Sur la question du financement, la Directrice Générale de la Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations du Bénin (CDC Bénin), a rappelé le rôle essentiel de la CDC Bénin. Celui de structurer, de sécuriser et de cofinancer des projets viables portés par des investisseurs privés. Maryse LOKOSSOU a rassuré de la disponibilité de la CDC Bénin à accompagner les entreprises nigérianes qui souhaitent s'inscrire dans une logique de création de valeur durable au Bénin. Aux Béninois de la diaspora qui souhaitent investir dans leur pays, elle adressé un message clair. Des mécanismes de cofinancement, de structuration et de sécurisation des projets seront mis à leur disposition afin de transformer l'attachement qu'ils ont pour leur pays, en investissements rentables, créateurs de valeur et porteurs d'impact pour les générations futures.
Dans le cadre de la coopération économique et commerciale avec le Géant de l'Est, le Port autonome de Cotonou (PAC), grâce aux investissements qui y réalisés, offre aux entreprises nigérianes une plateforme performante et compétitive pour sécuriser leurs chaînes d'approvisionnement et accéder aux marchés régionaux. Selon le Directeur Commercial, Kevin POTIER, la plateforme portuaire présente aujourd'hui une alternative efficace, moderne et fluide qui permet de réduire les délais, d'optimiser les coûts et de sécuriser les flux commerciaux vers les marchés régionaux et internationaux.

Le Bénin, une destination crédible pour les entreprises nigérianes
Les entreprises à Lagos recherchent des environnements propices à une expansion rapide et sécurisée. Et le Bénin selon Engineer Leye KUPOLUYI, Président de la Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Lagos, se distingue aujourd'hui comme « une destination crédible pour les entreprises nigérianes souhaitant diversifier leurs implantations, optimiser leurs opérations et accéder à de nouveaux marchés. « Nous sommes ouverts et pleinement disposés à collaborer et à faire des affaires avec notre pays ami, la République du Bénin. Les entreprises nigérianes sont prêtes à explorer des opportunités crédibles et profitables au Bénin », a-t-il déclaré.
Même engagement de la part de Yahaya OLADIRAN, Patron de la Chambre de Commerce et d'industrie, des Mines et d'Agriculture (BACCIMA). « Badagry est historiquement et économiquement connectée au Bénin. Aujourd'hui, notre Chambre est pleinement mobilisée et prête à engager des investissements concrets au Bénin. Nous voyons cette coopération comme une extension naturelle de nos activités, fondée sur la proximité, la confiance et des intérêts économiques partagés. Le renforcement des relations d'affaires entre nos communautés économiques est un levier essentiel de croissance partagée », a-t-il laissé entendre.

Organisée par la Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations du Bénin, la Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie du Bénin, l'Agence de Promotion des Investissements et des Exportations, la Zone Industrielle de Glo-Djigbé, et le Port Autonome de Cotonou, l'édition 2026 du Benin–Nigeria Business Forum marque un tournant décisif dans les relations économiques et commerciales entre le Bénin et le Nigéria.

F. A. A.

AMENDMENTS 149 - 156 - Draft opinion Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034
Committee on Security and Defence
Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann

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Les 109 députés de l'Assemblée nationale, 10è législature, élus à l'issue des législatives du 11 janvier dernier, s'apprêtent à faire leur entrée officielle dans l'hémicycle.

Par voie de communiqué, le doyen d'âge de l'Assemblée nationale, Antoine N'da N'da, a convoqué les élus de la 10è législature pour leur session inaugurale, prévue ce dimanche 8 février 2026.

Le rendez-vous est fixé à 10h00 au Palais des Gouverneurs à Porto-Novo.

Cette séance solennelle, traditionnellement présidée par le doyen d'âge assisté des deux plus jeunes députés, sera marquée par deux étapes cruciales définies à l'ordre du jour. Il s'agit de : l'installation officielle des députés élus au titre de cette dixième législature ; l'élection du président de l'Assemblée nationale, suivie de celle des autres membres du Bureau, l'organe directeur qui pilotera les travaux parlementaires pour les années à venir.
M. M.

Der Präsident des Europäischen Rates, António Costa, hat die EU-Führungsspitzen zu einer informellen Klausurtagung am 12. Februar 2026 auf Schloss Alden Biesen in Belgien eingeladen, in deren Mittelpunkt die Stärkung des Binnenmarkts im neuen geoökonomischen Kontext stehen wird.

Hirado.hu: Irán bejelentette hétfőn (2. 2.) , hogy a bekéreti a külügyminisztériumba az Európai Unió tagállamainak teheráni nagyköveteit válaszul arra, hogy az EU a múlt héten úgy döntött, terrorszervezetté nyilvánítja az iráni Forradalmi Gárdát. Mialatt nagyszabású amerikai csapatösszevonás zajlik a Közel-Keleten, addig az amerikai sajtóban arról írnak, hogy Donald Trump készen áll tárgyalni Iránnal, az Axios szerint Steve Witkoff elnöki különmegbízott akár a hét második felében egyeztethet az irániakkal Ankarában. (MTI)

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STELLUNGNAHME zu der Entlastung für die Ausführung des Haushaltsplans der Europäischen Union für das Haushaltsjahr 2024 – Kommission
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Evin Incir

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Am 2. Februar werden in ganz Frankreich Crêpes gebacken, um den «La Chandeleur»-Tag zu feiern. Alle lieben die heimischen Pfannkuchen, französischen Crêpes und Galettes oder amerikanischen Pancakes. Doch worin liegt eigentlich der Unterschied dieser Speisen?

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Was vor exakt einem Jahrhundert mit Kondensatoren für Radios begann, ist heute eine der erfolgreichsten Motorradmarken der Welt: Ducati. Wir blicken zurück auf 100 Jahre Höhen und Tiefen.