Benin
Three African Vignettes: Nigeria, Benin, Rwanda
December 2, 2011
The following three “vignettes” are based on private journal entries written in Nigeria, Benin, and Rwanda between 1999 and 2004. They highlight the everyday magic found in a brief personal encounter, the link between the ancestral and the present in the shadow of historical trauma, and the enduring hope found in African football….
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Benin: Flood victims get swift international response
December 1, 2011
The World Food Program (WFP) and aid groups CARE and Caritas have moved to distribute food to thousands of homeless affected by flooding in the West African country of Benin, where more than 680,000 people have been affected.
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CAN 2008 : Victory for Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria, Mali Fails
April 9, 2011
Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), beat Mali with cheeky ease 3-0, on Tuesday, and will be meeting Guinea in the quarter finals of the African Cup of Nations. Nigeria finally made it as well by beating Benin (2-0), and will have to work harder to beat Ghana in the next stage.
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CAF Matches: Ghana, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Benin…
April 8, 2011
Africa Rice Center (WARDA) through the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture(IITA)
April 8, 2011
The Africa Rice Center (WARDA) is helping its member states manage the rice crisis through a combination of short-term actions reinforced by
medium- to long-term strategies supporting their domestic rice sectors.
“The rice crisis is not really a surprise for WARDA and our member states,” said WARDA Director General Dr Papa Abdoulaye Seck. “The Center had not only foreseen the crisis, but also taken concrete actions to help its member states manage it.”
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City sinks as gov’t officials fight
April 7, 2011
Hundreds of damaged homes as well as businesses including hotels and farm lands is the unfortunate scene in Cotonou, the capital of the west African country of Benin. Large areas of the city is under the threat of being swallowed up …
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Military colonel openly threatens to kill journalist
April 6, 2011
In a telephone interview with the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)
correspondent, Houngbo said that was the third time the
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President Boni Yayi criticises IMF unfairness towards Africa
April 6, 2011
According to him, the conditionalities of the IMF were often sanctioned by the quasi-abandonment of
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Globalization: Learning English for sex in Nigeria…
April 5, 2011
Many young people in French-speaking Benin are learning English to adapt to globalization, but some young women have another goal: to enter the thriving sex industry in neighbouring Nigeria, where the market is considered more lucrative.
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