At least 50 cholera cases have been recorded in Benin’s capital Cotonou since 24 July, according to local hospital officials. These cases have been...

Prison conditions in Benin are so deplorable that they were, alongside police brutality, one of two reasons that compelled the international human...

In just four months the face of this child in northern Benin was eaten away by the disease known as Noma. And yet it could have easily been...

Primary and secondary school teachers in Benin who have been striking since 8 January warn they will not back down, even though their actions...

Rosalie Salako, 38, a mother of three, meets every week with pregnant women from the district of Pobè, 120km east of Cotonou, the main coastal town...

Comlan Houessou certainly knows what he is talking about when it comes to the impact of AIDS on rural communities. He is a farmer in Benin who has...

Experiments in new agricultural techniques by a Benin research centre could give a considerable boost to farmers living with HIV/AIDS. Comlan...

At least 50 villages in Benin have been destroyed by floods, an aid group there says. "Hundreds of homes, crops, granaries, livestock and...

Dieudonné Sourou never leaves the cybercafé in Cotonou, Benin’s commercial capital, where he comes every week to check his personal emails, without...

This report covers the period from 2/16/2007 to 3/15/2007 Food Security Information Note - FOSIN An overall satisfactory assessment of the...