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MTN Goes Off Air in Benin After Dispute
allAfrica.com - Monday, July 16, 2007
TN's cellular network in Benin has been switched off in a dispute over a state-sanctioned demand for a $50m fee to allow it to keep operating, although which side flicked the switch is ... more
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Benin: Independence celebrations moved to capital of Dahomey
Global Voices Online - Wednesday, July 11, 2007
p> Babilown writes about the decision to move independence celebrations (Fr) to Abomey , capital of the historic kingdom of Dahomey . ... more
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Telecoms Regulator Hits MTN With Big 'Ransom' Demand
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, July 11, 2007
ELLPHONE operator MTN has been slapped with massive backdated increase in licence fees in the west African country of Benin, prompting claims that it is being held to ransom by the telecoms regulator in that ... more
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Reps Order Yar'Adua On Benin-Ore Road
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, July 04, 2007
ouse of Represenatives yesterday directed President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to order federal ministry of works to commence immediate reconstruction of the Benin-Ore-Lagos ... more
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U.N. officials praise conservation efforts in Everglades
Topix - Monday, July 02, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"These corrective measures ... were destined to relieve the site of encroachment by agriculture, timber trade and hunting" U.N. officials threatened to strike Dresden from a list of outstanding world cultural sites if current plans for a bridge over the Elbe River go forward, but praised... more
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Nigeria to adopt lowland varieties of NERICA
Topix - Saturday, June 30, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Asian rice has no clear advantage over most locally produced rice; again, the post-production activities resulting in an inferior product is being eliminated gradually" By Jimoh Babatunde with agency reports Posted to the Web: Friday, June 29, 2007 Nigeria is set to adopt two new lowland... more
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Country Gets US$40M for the Fourth Poverty Reduction Support Operation
allAfrica.com - Friday, June 29, 2007
he World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved an International Development Association (IDA) credit of US$40 million to support Benin’s poverty reduction ... more
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Benin: Is the press living up to its promise?
Global Voices Online - Thursday, June 28, 2007
p> Babilown posts an article that asks whether the Beninese press is living up to its responsibility (Fr) to act as the “fourth branch” of government. “Whether the executive, the legislative, or the judicial branch…in all spheres of public life, too often we are content... more
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Why Benin Needs Modern Land Ownership Laws
Topix - Thursday, June 28, 2007
p> Why do we need a modern law on lands ownership in Benin? Honourable members of Benin parliament, there is an urgent and social task awaiting you. via Ground Report ... more
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Heritage sites out of danger, says Unesco
Topix - Wednesday, June 27, 2007
p> Along with Nepal, three more world heritage sites have also got a reprieve. These are the Everglades National Park in Florida, US, the Rio Plantano Biosphere Reserve in Honduras and royal palaces of Abomey in ... via Gulf Times ... more
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Royal Palaces of Abomey, Kathmandu off World Heritage Danger List
Topix - Monday, June 25, 2007
p> The World Heritage Committee decided Monday here to remove Royal Palaces of Abomey, Benin, and Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, from the List of World Heritage in Danger, recognizing progress in the two sites' state of ... via China View ... more
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Behind The Music
Topix - Sunday, June 24, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The Ladies Man") and tracks for E.B. White's "The Trumpet of the Swan." Friday, June 228:15 p.m. Earth Wind & Fire: With 20 Grammy nominations , and nearly double as many years since they formed, the group originally started by Maurice White in Chicago is known... more
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Probe starts into Benin air crash
Topix - Friday, June 22, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Everything went blank in front of us. I found myself in the sea, I looked around and I saw my son. "I took him to the beach, I went back to the sea, saw my wife and took her to the beach as well. I couldn't find my little... more
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Nigeria achieves domiciliation of 2m engineering man-hours
Topix - Thursday, June 21, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Economic outlook remains positive with real GDP on the increase, inflation on the decline (except Zimbabwe) and surplus fiscal and account balances particularly in oil exporting countries" THE Federal Government's Nigerian Content Initiative has achieved the domiciliation of over two million engineering man-hours since the introduction... more
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Anadarko Announces Discovery Offshore West Africa...
Topix - Wednesday, June 20, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We are encouraged by the results of the Mahogany-1 well, and we look forward to continued cooperation with the Republic of Ghana as we work with our partners to appraise this discovery" Anadarko Petroleum Corporation recently announced an oil discovery at the Mahogany-1 exploration well on... more
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African Devt - Kupolokun Identifies Challenges
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, June 20, 2007
he Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Engr. Funsho Kupolokun yesterday identified rising commodity prices, regional energy security and human and infrastructural capacity growth as some of the challenges to a sustainable regional economic growth in Africa ... more
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Benin’s fans get rowdy at the Togo-Benin match
Global Voices Online - Tuesday, June 19, 2007
p>Togo played Benin in Cotonu this Sunday, the fifth day of qualifying matches for the 2008 Africa cup. Benin won (4-1), but not before their supporters engaged in what Togo-iTunes calls “gratuitous violence” (Fr). Togo-iTunes has photographs of the match and the... more
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Art looks into lives of West African people
Topix - Thursday, June 14, 2007
p> SYRACUSE - The Everson Museum of Art will host an opening reception from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 15, for "African Shapes of the Sacred: Yoruba Religious Art," an exhibit organized by the Longyear Museum of ... via Observer-Dispatch ... more
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Press Release No. 07/127
Topix - Monday, June 11, 2007
p> The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund today completed the second review of Benin's economic performance under an SDR 6.19 million Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility 1 arrangement , and ... via International Monetary Fund ... more
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Benin: The Call of Voodoo
Global Voices Online - Saturday, June 09, 2007
p> Babilown writes about a new edition [Fr] of Les Appels du Vodun ( The Call of Voodoo) . ... more
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