The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr Phandu Skelemani is attending the 90th session of the African Caribbean and Pacific Council of Ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium.

Mercy Ships founders and chief eye surgeon receive Lifetime Award Cotonou, Benin, West Africa, November 17, 2009 - Mercy Ships received a high honor given by the President of the Republic of Benin, H.E. Dr Thomas Yayi Boni, for bringing hope and healing to the forgotten poor.

Gov. Ed Rendell steps away from the Soldiers National Monument after placing a wreath there Thursday morning.

The World Health Organisation will next week launch a mass yellow fever vaccination campaign in the Republic of Benin, Liberia and Sierra L eone.

Kigabo Mbazumutima is a doctor from the West African Republic of Benin. He grew up in primitive conditions but was inspired by his two sisters to obtain a medical degree.

A Senator representing Kwara North Senatorial District, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed, has debunked allegations in some quarters, blaming neglect and lack of certain basic social infrastructure as the major factor behind the tragic boat accident which claimed the lives of several students in the Bukuro Community of Baruten Local Government Area.

Until recently, the villages of Hon and Koussoukpa, like many others, got their light from oil lamps and candles, suffering all the damage to health and the environment.

It was shortly after 9/11 that I first saw Norah Jones perform. I went predominantly because my roommate was a jazz musician, and I was being sold on a jazz singer by a publicist.

After work as a flight nurse, management roles and a trip to Africa, Silverthorne resident Col.

Delta couple Irik and Cathie Mallie have left their home, their church, their jobs - " all that they know in their world here in Canada - " to literally head off into the wild blue yonder to volunteer onboard a Mercy Ship in West Africa for two months.

Three members of SUNY Oswego's School of Education recently continued the work of the college's Project CLIMB in Benin, delivering intensive seminars to school inspectors and teacher trainees at the Ecole Normale Superieure of the University of Abomey-Calavi. Eugenio Basualdo of the vocational teacher preparation department, Alfred Frederick of the ...

Holidays are such an important part of each countries tradition along with supporting its culture.

New Delhi, Oct 23: India and Benin need to broaden and deepen trade ties and look at new sectors like pharmaceutical and telecom, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said, addressing business leaders in the West African country.

The visit of Tharoor also comes after President of Benin Bon Yayi's successful visit in March this year.

Third Revision of Patent Law in China The third amendment of Chinese Patent Law enters into force from 1 October, 2009.

It has not rained much recently in the northern regions of Benin in west Africa, the soil is hard and cracking.

African heads of State advocate the development of solar, hydraulic, and wind energy to cope with energy needs in the next 20 years.

Two African presidents - Thomas Boni Yayi of Benin and Blaise Compaor of Burkina Faso - were among the dignitaries at a meeting in Cotonou, Benin, making an international call to action against counterfeit medications, Time reports .

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged collective action to protect people from falling victim to the 'insidious and illicit' trade in counterfeit medicines, a problem affecting all countries but which hits the poor particularly hard.

African Heads of State and representatives of the intern ational community, on Monday in Cotonou, the capital of Benin, pledged to fight a gainst the manufacturing and marketing of counterfeit drugs.