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Nigeria/Benin border patrol team arrests suspect
Topix - Friday, June 08, 2007
p> The Nigeria /Republic of Benin joint border patrol team has arrested a suspected notorious trans-border armed robber in Badagry, Lagos, the News Agency of Nigeria reported on Thursday. via People's Daily Online ... more
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Scam, bam, thank you ma'am: get poor quick
Topix - Sunday, June 03, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Intelligence collected to date suggests that Victorians are not immune to these often elaborate scams, designed to elicit their hard-earned money in an effort to assist what sounds like the legal movement of millions of dollars" The first couple of British fascism, Sir Oswald and Lady... more
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A new way to scam: Bogus check delivered to her door
Topix - Saturday, June 02, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Someone can take over your identity" If it sounds too good to be true, it likely is. We try hard not to be the story, but in this case, I was the target of what turned out to be a criminal attempt at fraud. via... more
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Yar'Adua Iyayi, Reaffirm Faith in Copaz
allAfrica.com - Friday, June 01, 2007
resident Umaru Musa Yar'Adua yesterday received for the first time a country's leader, President of Benin Republic, Boni Yayi, and described the visit as a "mark of the excellent cooperation and brotherhood existing between Nigeria and Benin Republic ... more
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How Haruna, Ex-Adamawa Gov Escaped Through Benin Republic
allAfrica.com - Friday, June 01, 2007
ormer Adamawa governor Boni Haruna left the country on Sunday for the Republic of Benin, News Agency of Nigeria ... more
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President Yar'Adua Receives Beninois President
allAfrica.com - Friday, June 01, 2007
resident Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has described the Beninois President's visit as a "mark of the excellent cooperation and brotherhood existing between Nigeria and Benin ... more
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Epiphane Quenum - "le Chef de l'Etat est serein"
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, May 29, 2007
'honorable Epiphane Quenum, député élu de la 5e législature sur la liste Add, Alliance pour une Dynamique Démocratique, était l'invité de l'émission « Zone Franche » du dimanche dernier sur la Chaîne de télévision Canal3 Bénin. ... more
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Akaba is New WBA Pan African Featherweight Champ
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 28, 2007
HANA'S OSUMANU'S Akaba in the early hours of Sunday clinched the vacant WBA Pan African featherweight title via a fourth round TKO when he stopped his Beninois opponent, Theodore Lokossu at the Lebanon House in ... more
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Benin: New government rumored to be considering a Ministry of Religion
Global Voices Online - Sunday, May 27, 2007
p> Babilown points to an article in Le Matin (Fr) about rumors that Benin’s government plans to create a Ministry of Religion, and outlines the potential of such a ministry to erode the constitutional separation of church and state (Fr). In a comment, T.... more
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Human Sacrifice & the Politics of Death
Global Voices Online - Wednesday, May 23, 2007
p>At Babilown, French-Beninian author Blaise Aplognan describes the religious and political function of human sacrifice (Fr) in ancient societies: “…its goal was to channel violence toward a (sacrificed) individual, toward the sacred realm, institutionalizing violence by supervising it and practicing it according to very precise rules... more
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Camps for Togolese Refugees to Close
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, May 23, 2007
amps in Benin housing Togolese refugees who fled election-related violence two years ago will close in ... more
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BENIN: Counting underway in Benin’s hastily-organised poll
IRIN - Wednesday, May 23, 2007
OTONOU Monday, March 20, 2006 (IRIN) - Sunday’s election in Benin went off smoothly despite a rush to organise the second and decisive round in less than 48 hours, and counting was underway with results expected by Thursday, officials ... more
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BENIN: President-to-be pledges change “with God’s blessing”
IRIN - Wednesday, May 23, 2007
OTONOU Monday, April 03, 2006 (IRIN) - Boni Yayi, the former banker and political novice who will be sworn in as Benin’s new president this week following a landslide election victory, has promised sweeping change for the tiny West African nation “with the blessing of ... more
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BENIN: Prison inmates "like corpses in the drawers of a morgue“
IRIN - Wednesday, May 23, 2007
BOMEY Wednesday, July 05, 2006 (IRIN) - Maggots usually digest the bodies of the dead. In Benin’s cramped and decaying prison of Abomey they infest the flesh of the living. ... more
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TRADE: African Countries Fight EU for Survival
Topix - Wednesday, May 23, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We don't have offensive commercial interests in these negotiations" Anti-poverty campaigners have likened trade negotiations between the European Union and several regions in Africa to a boxing match between a schoolboy novice and a heavyweight champion. via Inter Press Service ... more
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AFRICA/BENIN - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed
Topix - Tuesday, May 22, 2007
p> Cardinal Ivan Dias,Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 16 March 2007 appointed Rev Jacques Mahougnon Agossou of the diocesan clergy of Porto Novo National Director of the ... via Fides News ... more
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Yar'Adua still battles legitimacy nine days to swearing-in
Topix - Sunday, May 20, 2007
p> IF organisers and beneficiaries of last April general elections had thought that the opposition trailing the polls would peter out, events of past few days point otherwise. via Vanguard ... more
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Burkina Faso holds public services conference
Topix - Friday, May 18, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Unfortunately, weak contributions have badly affected our organization" About 20 African ministers in charge of public services here on Thursday attended a two-day conference of the Observatory of African Public Services in a bid to revive the institution. via People's Daily Online ... more
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Women, Defeated in National Polls, Focus on Local Elections
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 17, 2007
ut of 250 candidates, just a handful triumphed: not an impressive track record by any measure. So, Benin's women are already looking ahead to the next ... more
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Chinese hi-tech products popular in Africa
Topix - Wednesday, May 16, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"African countries have realized the importance of hi-tech industries such as telecommunications for an economy. The development of Africa is an opportunity for China which has advanced technologies in these sectors" "Hi-tech products from China such as computers, mobile phones and software... more
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