Benin News

Madagascan High Transitional Authority president Andry Rajoelina leaved on Friday night for a meeting with the European Union in Brussels on the political crisis, which hit the Indian Ocean island country since last December.

Four years after the launch of the School Fee Abolition Initiative , 40 representatives from Congo, Mali, Togo and Benin convened a five-day workshop in Cotonou last week to assess the programme's results and share their experiences.

Frank Fahun, N'Dira Sanoussi, Gladys Anyo, Isdore Chola Shamputa, 1 Leen Rigouts, Luc Kestens, Sverin Anagonou, and Franoise Portaels Author affiliations: Laboratoire de Rfrence des Mycobactries, Cotonou, Benin ; and Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium Abstract Using geographic information system and molecular tools, we characterized a ...

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ______________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 25, 2009 WASHINGTON, DC - Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals for key administration posts: William Eacho, Ambassador, Republic of Austria Judith ...

National Assembly adopts two bills/Suzanne Mbomback hold talks with Antonio Bellavia, Italian Ambassador to Cameroon 1.National Assembly adopts two bills Two bills, one on air transport agreements between Cameroon and the Republic of Benin and the second on the Swiss Confederation have been adopted by the national assembly.

TRAINING videos shown communally may be the most effective way to pass on new technologies and techniques to women farmers, a programme in west Africa suggests.

Satel 5)Ernesto Djedje "H.K.B." from the LP "Tizere" Sacodis International 6)Lord Flea & His Calypsonians "Shake shake Sonora" from the LP "Swinging Calypsos" 7)King Short Shirt "Nobody Go Rest" from the CD "Don't Stop The Music" 8)Calypso Rose "Ju Ju Warrior" from the CD "Soca Diva" 9)Magnun Band "Magnon Phenomenal" from the CD "Oulala" 10)Tabou ...

I am innocent, says one of the suspects For some time now, residents of Ogun state , particularly motorists have come under incessant attacks by dare-devil armed robbers who specialised in car snatching.

Former state-run Burkina Faso telco Onatel has signed an agreement with Benin Telecom to give the Burkinabe operator access to the SAT-3 international submarine cable via the landing point in Benin's capital Cotonou, according to a Telecompaper report.

Swine flu, caused by the Influenza A virus, has spr ead to 29 countries which have reported a total of 4,379 cases, including 49 dea t hs, according to the latest update on the disease from the World Health Organisa t on .

Hundreds of people displaced by severe April storms in the Collines region 200km north of the business capital, Cotonou, are expected to receive construction materials from the Red Cross of Benin to begin home and school repairs.

Diagnosis of Buruli ulcer is needed sooner to prevent permanent disability and disfigurement from the flesh-eating bacteria, say experts.

Aboard the Clotilda, floating in the Gulf of Mexico in Mobile in the summer of 1860, Timothy Meaher bet a group of Northern businessman $100,000 that he could bring a handful of slaves back to Alabama from Africa without getting caught.

Teacher's time in Africa helped mold life BY ERIN WILTGEN : The Herald-Sun Apr 21, 2009 CHAPEL HILL -- With Led Zeppelin in her music repertoire and traditional African clothes on her back, Nicole Gerber entered Perry Harrison Middle School after four years living in Cotonou, Benin, in Africa only expecting to learn and make friends.

China's eastern province of Shandong now has a sea link from the coastal city of Yantai to the Republic of Benin in west Africa, the Yantai Border Checkpoint said Wednesday.

COTONOU, 20 April 2009 - Tens of thousands of cases of Buruli ulcer have been reported in the past decade, mostly in West Africa.

COTONOU, Little is known about Buruli ulcer other than that a painless lump can quickly fester into sores, open wounds, and finally into permanent deformity.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Blog Logs - Africa All times UTC // parallel frequency *sign-on sign-off* Benin 7210, ORTB , Cotonou , 0620, Weak signal.

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

The Beninese government, UNICEF and Ecobank have launched a crusade against sex tourism that targets children aged aged 8-17, off icial sources told PANA here on Thursday.