Benin News

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.

INVESTIGATIONS conducted by DAILY GUIDE has revealed that some personnel of the national security at the Takoradi Port are preventing veterinary officers at the Port who are to ensure that only wholesome meat and poultry products were imported into the country, from doing so.

PARIS a ' Yahya bin Saud Al Sulaimi, minister of education and chairman of Oman Organisation for Education, Culture and Science, delivered a speech at the 35th round of the Unesco General Conference in the French capital of Paris yesterday.

HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani receiving the visiting President of Benin Thomas Yayi Boni yesterday.

Since graduating from art school a year ago, Mikhael Subotzky has taken his native South Africa and the international art world by storm.

An International Monetary Fund mission visited Cotonou during September 14-28, 2009 to conduct discussions on a program that could be supported by the IMF.

It was the middle of the night, and Perlagie couldn't sleep. The image of Maomai, her 3-month-old baby girl, flashed through her mind every time she closed her eyes.

Romuald Hazoum, Wax Lolo, 2009,Found Objects, Photo by Jonathan Greet, Image Courtesy October Gallery, London.