Benin News

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 ...

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When the fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama drew to a close May 30, Sayaka Funada-Classen, leader of a Tokyo-based nongovernmental organization, felt the years of ...

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It is already ten years ago since Femi Lasode with his production company, Afrika 'n Vogue, Even-Ezra Studios produced its award winning film Sango featuring Wale Adebayo.

A S the African Union summit began in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh, yesterday, Senegalese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, said member states of the pan-African body ready for the ...

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The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today approved an International Development Association additional credit in the amount of US$7 million to strengthen and expand activities of the Energy Services ...

The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today approved an International Development Association additional credit to support and strengthen the activities of the Second Decentralized City Management ...

The Mozambican Agriculture Ministry is to have its b udget increased from the current 4 per cent to between 6 and 10 per cent of the t otal state budget, in order to lead the government's drive for increased ...

Suspected vandals have cut off phone services to Nigeria's presidential villa in the capital city of Abuja, after severing cables belonging to the nation's main telecommunications gateway Nigerian ...

Some of the 35 African, Caribbean and Pacific states that have initialled interim economic partnership agreements may still withdraw from the process - apart from the 44 states that have so far refused to sign ...

In its drive to become a true pan-African telecommunications operator, Nigeria's Second National Operator , Globacom, at the weekend won a licence for Global System of Mobile communications in Ghana.

COTONOU, 8 May 2008 (IRIN) - Twenty years ago Benin was among the countries in West Africa most affected by endemic river blindness. Today the disease, which causes blindness and chronic skin irritation and is blamed for stunting economic growth of the populations it affects, has been almost completely eradicated. “We have massively decreased the incidence of the epidemic,” Laurent Assogba, a director at the Benin ministry of health said. Health workers are holding the country up as an example of what can be achieved with sustained funding and political will. The World Health Organization (WHO) describes Benin, and other West African countries where river blindness has been eradicated, as an “ongoing success story” and an example of the “value of synergy” that is necessary for good disease control programmes.