Borgou, Benin News

Benin is an independent republic, with a democratic government, which lies on the Gulf of Guinea and forms part of the West African Region.

Chinese investment in the West African state of Benin has brought substantial and visible benefits to the country but local workers mutter about exploitation and even slavery.

COTONOU, 12 February 2009 - The 150m-long mobile hospital called "Africa Mercy" has docked in Benin's economic capital Cotonou and is expected to provide free surgeries and other medical care until December.

A China-funded university hospital in Benin has broken ground north of the West African country's capital Cotonou, with President Boni Yayi laying the first stone for the friendship project, the Benin Press ...