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Benin News

News on Benin continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

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Teen Pregnancy Pact Just a Rumor

Benjamin Radford is a writer, investigator, and managing editor for Skeptical Inquirer science magazine.

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Fri Jul 04, 2008

Vanguard

Femi Lasode speaks on SANGO The legendary Afrikan King at 10

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.

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Wed Jul 02, 2008

Guardian Newspapers

Senegalese minister makes case for African unity govt

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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Mon Jun 30, 2008

International Monetary Fund

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2008 Article IV Consultation with Benin

Public Information Notices form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies.

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Sun Jun 29, 2008

M2.com

World Bank to Provide Additional Financing for Energy

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 ...

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Fri Jun 27, 2008

M2.com

Additional financing to strengthen urban infrastructure in Benin

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 ...

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Wed Jun 25, 2008

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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 ...

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Mon Jun 23, 2008

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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 ...

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Sat Jun 21, 2008

Inter Press Service

TRADE-AFRICA: Some Interim EPAs May Not Be Concluded

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 ...

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Tue Jun 17, 2008

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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.

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Mon Jun 09, 2008

www.irinnews.org | Babalawo

BENIN: The end of river blindness

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.

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Sun Jun 08, 2008

Voice of America

Caravan Travels West Africa to Focus on HIV Testing, Education

The Love Life Caravan is passing through Benin, as it travels the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor.

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Thu Jun 05, 2008

AllAfrica.com

Nigeria: Glo Rolls Out in Benin Republic Today

GLOBACOM, Nigeria's national operator, is launching its GSM services in the Republic of Benin today as part of the plan to become the largest and most successful telecom network in Africa.

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Fri May 30, 2008

www.guardian.co.uk | Babalawo

Benin : Children in Voodoo's Power

In the tiny West African country of Benin, voodoo has been practised for 10,000 years, but efforts to preserve its ancient oral traditions are exacting a harsh toll on its faithful, splitting families and pushing people deeper into poverty. Benin is unique in recognising voodoo as an official religion, followed by two-thirds of its 7.6 million people. It involves a pantheon of gods and spirits whose intercession is sought through animal blood sacrifice. But to survive, voodoo needs a new generation to pass on sacred mysteries, so thousands of children are initiated by its priests every year. But the price of the ceremonies can be unbearable and some parents are selling their children to repay voodoo debts

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Guinean Defence minister sacked Conakry, Guinea - Guinean President Lansana Conte on Tuesday sacked his d efence minister, General Mamadou Bailo Diallo, official sources said in Conakry.

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Wed May 28, 2008

Business Report

Rice crisis a blessing in disguise for Africa - report

By Jacques Lhuillery Lagos - The rice shortage in Africa could end up being a blessing in disguise, according to a report issued ahead of a Japanese conference on African development.

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Mon May 26, 2008

Vanguard

Union Bank, holding firmly to top position in the industry

The year 2007 and perhaps 2008, presented a tough challenge for most operators of the Nigerian banking industry.

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Sat May 24, 2008

AllAfrica.com

Benin: Pope Benedict Praises Cardinal Gantin's Dedication

Mass was celebrated at the Vatican on Friday for the repose of the soul of Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, who died on 13 May at the age of 86.

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Thu May 22, 2008

AllAfrica.com

Benin: High Food Prices Divide Families

In a scene on a popular Benin TV series, a farmer named Codjo puts his wife out on the streets because she kept asking him for more and more money to buy groceries.

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Culture

The first edition of a drama competition among Francophone African nations will hold 11-14 December in Cotonou, Benin's economic capital, organisers said here Sunday.

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