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Worldwide Caution: The Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution.

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Cotonou

Emergency Contacts

Police: 117

Fire: 118

Emergency medical service: +229 95 36 11 04/05/06/07 / 90 90 30 02

If you are a U.S. citizen in an emergency situation after normal Embassy operating hours, please contact the Embassy’s main number at (+229) 21-300-650, and ask to be connected to the duty officer.

Help In An Emergency

In the event that your family needs to reach you because of an emergency at home or because they are worried about your welfare, they should call the State Department’s Citizens Emergency Center at (202) 647-5225. The State Department will relay the message to consular officers in the country in which you are traveling. Consular officers will try to locate you, pass on urgent messages, and, consistent with the Privacy Act, report back to your family.

Embassy Cotonou

01BP 2012
Cotonou Benin
Phone: +229 01 2136 7500
Fax: +229 01 2130 6682

American citizens with an emergency may appear at the Embassy during business hours or contact the duty officer after hours by phoning (229) 21 30 06 50.

For other services, including passport services and reports of birth aboard, as well as those listed below, please make an appointment  or mail to ACSCotonou@state.gov
Routine American Citizen Hours are Tuesdays from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm and Thursdays from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm