Africa · Wednesday, 11 November 2026
Benin
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
Rising
Seyi vibez, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Breakout
Plus TV Africa, CC BY 3.0 Rising
Top today
Breakout
Seyi vibez, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Plus TV Africa, CC BY 3.0 Rising
Aristidek5maya, CC BY-SA 4.0 Agence Nationale des Titres sécurisés, Public domain J24N, CC BY-SA 4.0 Mensah Memories, CC BY 3.0 Fab_Photo_29, CC BY-SA 2.0 10Ninho
What the news is talking about
How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 266 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- Intégration régionale : Cotonou au cœur de la réflexion sur l'accueil des réfugiés en Afrique – La Nouvelle Tribune (lanouvelletribune.info)
- ECOWAS sets January deadline for regional acceptance of biometric ID card (biometricupdate.com)
Survey · 2023 75% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
How the news sounds
- Tone−0.9positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.7The GDELT Project
- Anxiety1.1× usual2.4 words per 1,000usually 2.3The GDELT Project
- Fear1.0× usual0.4 words per 1,000usually 0.4The GDELT Project
- Anger1.3× usual6.0 words per 1,000usually 4.7The GDELT Project
- Sadness0.8× usual3.9 words per 1,000usually 4.7The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.3The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty0.8× usual5.8 words per 1,000usually 6.8The GDELT Project
News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.
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By category
Music
Seyi vibez, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Plus TV Africa, CC BY 3.0 Rising
Aristidek5maya, CC BY-SA 4.0
Industries here
The numbers behind the mood
The latest official figures, with the period each one covers. Yearly numbers can be a year or more old.
Economy
- Inflation-0.4%Jan 2021 · −1.6 pts since Dec 2020World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment1.6%2025 · −0.0 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
- GDP growth8.1%2025 · +0.6 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Youth unemployment2.9%2025 · −0.2 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
Research
Most-published fields last month
- Plant Science
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Agronomy and Crop Science
Society
- People online34.0%2024 · +1.6 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
- Say humans mainly cause climate change22.3%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
- Want climate made a high government priority58.6%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Charts
Apple Music · Artists
Aristidek5maya, CC BY-SA 4.0 1Didi B
J24N, CC BY-SA 4.0 3Tiakola
Mensah Memories, CC BY 3.0 5Asake
7AsapJo
Apple Music · 2026-11-12
Data credits: Apple Music · Google Trends · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.