All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has transferred nine convicted prisoners from the UN detention facility in Arusha to Cotonou, Benin, to serve the remainder of their sentences.
Unicef (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
COTONOU, Benin, 29 June 2009 – Four years after the launch of the School Fee Abolition Initiative (SFAI), 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.
altnews.com.au/drop aggregator (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
I am a young lady of 18 years old and a refugee in Benin Republic under the United Nations refugees Ghana. My country of Origin is Cape Verde Island. My parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lomogan died on plane crash in December 23rd, 2003 in Cotonou, Benin Republic on there way to Lebanon. ( www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash ). read more
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
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.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/08/2009
The senior women's handball team of Petro de Luanda will this Thursday begin defending, in Cotonou (Benin), the title of the 25th edition of the African Cup of Cups, after having won the Babacar Fall Super Cup.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/06/2009
Petro de Luanda senior female team won the 2009 edition of the "Babacar Fall" Supercup, Tuesday in Cotonou, Benin, after beating TKC of Cameroon by 33-26.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 03/25/2009
Last Thursday morning, march 19, 2009 two gun men burst into renaissance of Benin headquarter in Cotonou, assaulted the guards, entered Soglo's office and ran away with party records.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 03/24/2009
Bulldozers will soon raze sections of 20 neighbourhoods of Benin's economic capital, Cotonou, that officials say have become overrun with drugs.
Unicef (Free subscription) | 03/05/2009
COTONOU, Benin, 5 March 2009 – About 2.7 million children under the age of five are to be vaccinated in Benin during two rounds of National Immunization Days (NIDs) this year. Benin, like several neighbouring countries, is witnessing a resurgence of wild poliovirus.
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 03/05/2009
Hey there Boingdom -- I'm en route to Cotonou, Benin as I type this, and will be meandering around several countries in West Africa for a few weeks. I hope to capture some special things to share with you. In my not-very-connected absence, my Boing Boing Video colleagues Jolon Bankey, Derek Bledsoe, and Wesly Varghese will keep our daily original video programming rockin', and we're planning some super...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 02/12/2009
The 150m-long mobile hospital called "Africa Mercy" has docked in Benin's economic capital Cotonou and is expected to provide free surgeries and other medical care until December.
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 01/25/2009
The souls of African ancestors deported as slaves to the Americas will be repatriated in 2010 to the city of the Renaissance of Africa “Igbal Aiyê” in Pobe at 120km south-east of Benin, the vizier of African Cultures International Institute, Olofin II Akandé Olofindji, announced in Cotonou. “The repatriation of these souls of former African slaves [...]
People Daily (Free subscription) | 12/31/2008
China and Benin signed on Monday in Cotonou, the capital of Benin, a pact on economic and technological cooperation, said the Chinese Embassy in Cotonou andthe Benin Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday. Chinese Ambassador to Benin Geng Wenbin and Benin's Minister ofForeign Affairs Jean Marie Ehouzou signed the pact on behalf of each other's government. According to the pact, China will provide Benin...
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 12/31/2008
The Beninese government has decided to give the country a second international airport in Tourou, in the city of Parakou (about 450 km north of Cotonou), official sources told APA. The new international airport will be completed latest by June 2010. “With an overall budget of 27.9 billion CFA francs, the new Parakou airport will help assure [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 12/21/2008
If these 14 tracks are representative of the 500 or so that had to be sifted through from this West African band's prolific output between 1970 and 1983, then let's have the boxed set pronto! This is angular, punchy funk run through with vicious blasts of organ, and some of the finest oblique guitar riffs since Television. It's scary to consider that without the obsessive focus of label owner, Samy...
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