Benin News

WE were driving through the back alleys of Ouidah, a sultry former slave port in the West African nation of Benin, when we spotted him: a figure in robes and leather gloves.

NIgeria last year spent about N2.6 billion to provide security for the waterways of Cotonou, the Benin Republic capital, a development that has so far checkmated the activities of pirates around the area.

Accra, Jan 31, GNA - President John Evans Atta Mills said Ghanaians and the Government would continue to frown on homosexuality.

The 18th African Union summit ended on Tuesday here in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, with a plan announced that the next summit will be held in Malawi.

President Goodluck Jonathan has debunked reports inA a section of the media that he contested the AU Chairmanship position and lost to President Yayi Boni of Benin Republic at the 18th AU summit held in Addis Ababa.

African leaders pose for a group photograph with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during the 18th African Union summit in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, January 29, 2012.

An annual meeting of the Benin National Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea and of General Kim Jong Il's Works took place in Cotonou on Jan.

An International Monetary Fund mission visited Cotonou during January 9-23, 2012 to conduct discussions on the third review of a program supported by the Extended Credit Facility , which was approved by the IMF Executive Board on June 14, 2010.

Nigerian businessmen and agents at Seme border and also subjecting them to multiple duty payments, which violates the Economic Community of West African States treaty.

No, that's not a photo of a flooded village. Rather, it's of the city of Ganvi in the Republic of Benin, which calls itself "The Venice of Africa." Kuriositas has the details on the history of this curious city: At the beginning of the seventeenth century the country was called Dahomey and was one of the most powerful states in West Africa.

Ghana and other West African Countries Cited in A Major Narcotic Trafficking and Money Laundering.

A FRESH vista was yesterday opened at the House of Representatives' investigation of alleged corruption in the oil industry as the Nigerian Customs Service said there were abuses of due process by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in petrol importation.

The name Katangua means only one thing to Lagosians: the market where second-hand clothing are sold at affordable prices.

Ex-France defender Manuel Amoros was on Thursday named new coach of Benin, replacing Edme Codjo, who had been in charge since August.

Researchers from Benin and the United Kingdom surveyed 100 people shopping for cabbages and tomatoes in Benin and Ghana about their ideas on vegetable quality, their awareness of the use of synthetic pesticides, and their willingness to pay more for chemical-free vegetables.

The Government of Benin and the International Monetary Fund will co-host a high-level conference on public service reform in Benin on January 17, 2011 in Cotonou.

The planned international friendly match between the home-based Eagles and the Africa Cup of Nations-bound Palancas Negras of Angola will now hold on Wednesday in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

Vancouver resident Liz Harper looks at an embroidered rendition of the Mona Lisa brought back from Vietnam by Carol Pinnell.