Benin News

DR Congo National Union of Doctors Monday started a two-week strike for better working conditions and increase in allowanc e s, among others.

Prince Tony Momoh, former Minister of Information, says oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula was never part of Nigerian territory.

The 14 Filipino seafarers who were accused of stealing crude oil in Nigeria returned to Manila on Friday.

A cholera outbreak in Benin since July has killed at least one person, with 90 others infected by the disease, said reports reaching here Monday.

Ghana's Veterinary Services Directorate, alarmed at the resurgence of avian influenza in Nigeria, is seeking a meeting with its eastern neighbours Togo and Benin to discuss common measures to prevent it from ...

Extra marital sex is dealing a negative blow on Uganda' s adult population, as married Ugandans over 30 years have a higher risk of cont r acting HIV /AIDS than their single counterparts, according to the ...

DAKAR, 6 August 2008 - Weeks of rains in Togo have forced thousands of people from their homes into temporary government-run centres set up throughout the capital, Lome.

HARASSMENT of Nigerians travelling around the West African sub-region by the nation's neighbours took a turn for the worst recently when five Nigerian citizens returning to the country from Mali through Benin ...

COTONOU, 30 July 2008 - With selective power cuts regularly plunging Benin's largest city, Cotonou, into darkness, Alain*, a young taxi driver, no longer has to worry about paying for a hotel room to have ...

President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has directed Finance Minister, Dr Shamsudeen Usman, to release the sum of N57 billion as part of the N115 billion meant for power projects to the Ministry of Power within a week, ...

President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has directed Finance Minister, Dr Shamsudeen Usman, to release the sum of N57 billion as part of the N115 billion meant for power projects to the Ministry of Power within a week, ...

The deposed separatist leader of the breakaway Comorian island of Anjouan arrived in the West African country of Benin at the weekend and said he wanted to stay as long as possible.

Nigeria has started bilateral talks with the Republic of Benin over increasing crude oil supplies to its West African neighbor from 15,000 b/d to 50,000 b/d, the state-owned News Agency of Nigeria reported ...

Bacar fled with 22 of his followers to Reunion from the Comoros isle of Anjouan after Comoran and African Union-mandated forces invaded Anjouan in late March to overthrow him.

The deposed separatist leader of the breakaway Comorian island of Anjouan arrived in the West African country of Benin at the weekend and said he wanted to stay as long as possible.

Gail Crecelius served as tour guide for kids on a field trip to see a remarkable exhibit at the Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts.

Bilateral with His Excellency Dr. Boni Yayi, President of the Republic of Benin.

The death of Cardinal Bernardin Gantin of Benin this past May 13 marked the passing of one of world Catholicism's noblemen.

In Canada, Nigeria shows class at World Heritage session -110708 N IGERIA began its reunion with the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation on a ...

COTONOU, 10 July 2008 - The government of Benin aims to dramatically increase the percentage of Beninese who can access drinking water by 2015 and one organisation, the Regional Centre for Water and Sanitation ...