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BENIN: Sorcery-linked infantic...
BENIN: Sorcery-linked infanticides persist in north
Thursday, February 26, 2009
In northern Benin a baby born with a tooth, in silence or feet first is likely to be killed out of fear that the infant is cursed, according to local...
BENIN: Screening out morally u...
BENIN: Screening out morally unfit crime fighters
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
One year after the country’s top anti-drug officials were sacked for alleged corruption, Benin’s new drug control boss has promised to revive the...
WEST AFRICA: Taking on climate...
WEST AFRICA: Taking on climate change as a region
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Climate experts and ministers in West Africa have committed to coordinating national efforts to fight climate change, at the conclusion of an...
BENIN: Widespread smuggled gas...
BENIN: Widespread smuggled gasoline costs economy, lives
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Up to 1,000 people die or are wounded every year in accidents caused by low-quality, high-lead smuggled gasoline that consumes victims in fiery...
BENIN: Blood shortage proves d...
BENIN: Blood shortage proves deadly
Friday, October 10, 2008
Fear, a lack of blood donation supplies and ill-trained health staff have led to a dangerous blood shortage in Benin, said the head of the country’s...
BENIN: Erosion-inducing coasta...
BENIN: Erosion-inducing coastal sand mining to be outlawed
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Faced with rising sea levels and coastal erosion caused in part by coastal sand mining, carting away of free beach sand for commercial uses, the...
BENIN: Cotonou’s overlooked ki...
BENIN: Cotonou’s overlooked killer: air pollution
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Health officials say air pollution in Benin’s economic capital, Cotonou, is an often-overlooked, undiagnosed killer that is as much of a health...
BENIN: Flesh-eating Buruli ulc...
BENIN: Flesh-eating Buruli ulcer ‘neglected disease’ spreads
Sunday, September 21, 2008
A tropical flesh-eating disease, Buruli ulcer, is spreading across West Africa and has infected at least 40,000 people leaving them with bloody...
WEST AFRICA: A life-changing h...
WEST AFRICA: A life-changing highway
Friday, September 19, 2008
If you live along the main highway linking Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire's economic hub, with Lagos in Nigeria, it is almost impossible to ignore the many...
BENIN: Half million potential ...
BENIN: Half million potential flood victims: WHO
Thursday, September 4, 2008
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 500,000 people are at risk of additional flooding in Benin. WHO says expected storms, the number of...
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