
May 23, 2013
Benin News
Benin: Floods are back in Cotonou
May 17, 2013After the heavy downpours of these past days, moving through Cotonou is becoming a nightmare; roads have been flooded and unusable, rising the anger of the populations.
Benin: President Boni Yayi’tablets replaced with deadly substances
May 1, 2013Scientific Laboratory of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed after forensic analysis, the packaging of drugs and chemicals to be administered to the Benin President Boni Yayi through his personal physician, with the assistance of the niece of the president are toxic.
" With homosexuality,what do we do about procreation? "
April 27, 2013France is the 14th country in the world to authorize the marriage for all. In its former colonies they have a different opinion. What do the citizens of Benin think about the minorities’ rights, it is also the rights of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transsexuals to live openly?
BENIN: Young men steal drainage covers
April 24, 2013In Benin, some young people are making quite a good living from selling on bits of scrap metal, often passing things on to scrap yard owners who in turn supply recycling factories.
Benin: A signboard requested for all health centers
April 23, 2013The government of Benin is none too happy with the continuing proliferation of clandestine medical clinics. These have no legal status, are staffed by unqualified personnel and may offer the wrong medical advice and treatment to people thinking they are dealing with proper doctors.
Benin: What qualifications for public life?
April 9, 2013The new arrangements for the electoral code currently being audited by the Parliament are antagonizing civil society organizations. Baccalaureat diploma is requested to become mayor or village headman
Ex-Pres Soglo harps on Africa’s challenges
December 5, 2012Former Beninese President Nicéphore Soglo has called for a mutually beneficial re-definition of the relationship between Africa and developed nations.
Soglo, who currently serves as Mayor of Benin’s capital city Cotonou, also highlighted some major challenges facing African nations, citing the importance of African resources and the strategic role rural communities play in development of their nations.
Experts discuss future of regional currency regimes in Africa
October 12, 2012A three-day international meeting of African countries and the Franc zone is underway here in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, to discuss regional single currency regimes on the continent.
African jurists see fighting corruption as an uphill task
July 13, 2012The Association of African French-speaking Judicial authorities has stressed the urgent need to tackle corruption in Africa.
Fighting corruption was at the center of an international colloquium, which has just ended in Cotonou, Benin, which was held under the theme, "The legal and judicial systems of the French-speaking space against the problem of corruption."
Fresh efforts to thwart pirates’ new strategies in Gulf of Guinea
July 12, 2012Amid threats being faced from piracy in the Gulf of Guinea along the West and Central African coast, maritime, security experts and other stakeholders are drawing up strategies to combat the menace at a sub-regional conference.