Benin NewsNews on Benin continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Additional financing to strengthen urban infrastructure in Benin- June 27, 2008 The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today approved an International Development Association additional credit to support and strengthen the activities of the Second Decentralized City Management ...http://www.topix.net/world/benin/2008/06/additional-financing-to-strengthen-urban-infrastr... .com features news,analyses,and roundups of events in and about Africa- June 25, 2008 The Mozambican Agriculture Ministry is to have its b udget increased from the current 4 per cent to between 6 and 10 per cent of the t otal state budget, in order to lead the government's drive for increased ...http://www.topix.net/world/benin/2008/06/com-features-news-analyses-and-roundups-of-events... .com features news,analyses,and roundups of events in and about Africa- June 23, 2008 Suspected vandals have cut off phone services to Nigeria's presidential villa in the capital city of Abuja, after severing cables belonging to the nation's main telecommunications gateway Nigerian ...http://www.topix.net/world/benin/2008/06/com-features-news-analyses-and-roundups-of-events... TRADE-AFRICA: Some Interim EPAs May Not Be Concluded- June 21, 2008 Some of the 35 African, Caribbean and Pacific states that have initialled interim economic partnership agreements may still withdraw from the process - apart from the 44 states that have so far refused to sign ...http://www.topix.net/world/benin/2008/06/trade-africa-some-interim-epas-may-not-be-conclud... 17th- June 18, 2008 In its drive to become a true pan-African telecommunications operator, Nigeria's Second National Operator , Globacom, at the weekend won a licence for Global System of Mobile communications in Ghana.http://www.topix.net/world/benin/2008/06/17th?fromrss=1 BENIN: The end of river blindness- June 9, 2008 COTONOU, 8 May 2008 (IRIN) - Twenty years ago Benin was among the countries in West Africa most affected by endemic river blindness. Today the disease, which causes blindness and chronic skin irritation and is blamed for stunting economic growth of the populations it affects, has been almost completely eradicated. "We have massively decreased the incidence of the epidemic," Laurent Assogba, a director at the Benin ministry of health said. Health workers are holding the country up as an example..http://www.topix.net/world/benin/2008/06/benin-the-end-of-river-blindness?fromrss=1 Caravan Travels West Africa to Focus on HIV Testing, Education- June 8, 2008 The Love Life Caravan is passing through Benin, as it travels the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor.http://www.topix.net/world/benin/2008/06/caravan-travels-west-africa-to-focus-on-hiv-testi... Nigeria: Glo Rolls Out in Benin Republic Today- June 6, 2008 GLOBACOM, Nigeria's national operator, is launching its GSM services in the Republic of Benin today as part of the plan to become the largest and most successful telecom network in Africa.http://www.topix.net/world/benin/2008/06/nigeria-glo-rolls-out-in-benin-republic-today?fro... |