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Benin, French Presidents to Discuss Returning African Artifacts French President Emmanuel Macron will meet with the president of Benin not long after he promised to return artifacts taken from Africa during colonial times. Macron will meet with Benin
By Phuong Tran Dakar 31 March 2007 Parliamentary elections are under way in the western African nation of Benin. The vote was to take place last week but was delayed until Saturday, because of problems getting electoral equipment and ballots to polli
Health Report - Spray Shows Promise in Malaria Study in Benin 健康报道 - 室内喷洒杀虫剂可减少疟疾传播 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 Malaria is caused by a parasite sp
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 17 July 2007 Benin's president Thomas Boni Yayi marched more than 10 kilometers through the streets of the capital, Cotonou, late Monday, shouting slogans against corruption in the country. A local journalist says the march is
By Joe Bavier Abidjan 26 May 2006 The number of dead from Wednesday's tanker explosion in northern Benin has risen to more than 60, as many of those who were injured have since died. The accident occurred Wednesday evening, when a tanker truck trans
By Franz Wild Abidjan 31 May 2006 After more than 70 people died in a fuel tanker explosion in Benin last week, the government is announcing a clamp down on illegal fuel sales. Informal fuel trading sustains thousands of Beninois. ------------------
By Franz Wild Abidjan 23 March 2006 Political newcomer Yayi Boni has won a second round run-off election to become Benin's next president. Yayi Boni casts his ballot during runoff vote With three-quar
By Uma Ramiah Dakar 21 May 2008 A year-old project in Benin has shown that harnessing the power of sunlight could provide long-term solutions to hunger in underdeveloped nations. A six-month dry season in the Kalale District of Benin used to wreak ha
By Nico Colombant Dakar 04 April 2008 Benin's president Boni Yayi is facing increasing opposition two years after coming to power. Mr. Yayi, an independent banker and political outsider, succeeded Mathieu Kerekou who had ruled the small West African
By Scott Stearns White House 14 December 2006 U.S. President George Bush says he will continue to work through the United Nations to strengthen an African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan's Darfur region. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns
By Joe Bavier Abidjan 09 March 2006 Benin is awaiting results from presidential elections, as allegations of fraud are mounting. Sunday's vote started in confusion when the outgoing president said the
By Joe Bavier Cotonou 04 March 2006 On the eve of presidential elections in Benin, prosperity is one of the key issues for the country's four million voters. Presidential candidate Yayi Boni seen duri
By Joe Bavier Abidjan 02 March 2006 In the second in a series of VOA reports profiling the leading candidates in Sunday's presidential election in Benin, Joe Bavier looks at four-time candidate Bruno
By Joe Bavier Cotonou, Benin 04 March 2006 Campaigning has officially closed in Benin's presidential race, with first round contenders holding evening rallies Friday. Joe Bavier is in the commercial c
By Joe Bavier 2-329675 11 January 2006 Daagbo Hounon Houn, the voodoo chief, is seen at the Benin National Voodoo festival held in Ouidah, Benin Once stigmatized, traditional religions and voodoo have
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Harvest in Benin A new study in West Africa shows how farm irrigation systems powered by the sun can produce more food and money for villagers. The study in Benin found that solar-powered pumps are
By Nico Colombant Dakar 15 April 2008 Campaigning for local elections in Benin has been marked by tight competitions, one outbreak of violence and doubts over how politicians can change daily life. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from our West Africa bu
By Nico Colombant Dakar 15 February 2008 President Bush is scheduled to make his first stop on his Africa tour in the small West African country of Benin. A brief airport meeting is planned Saturday with his counterpart Boni Yayi, to discuss aid and
Spraying Insecticide Indoors Reduces Spread of Malaria Researchers in West Africa have shown that spraying insecticide indoors can dramatically reduce malaria transmission. Efforts to develop a malaria vaccine have so far been disappointing, so progr
Benin went to the polls on Sunday to choose a successor to President Thomas Boni Yayi, who has served for two terms. Of the thirty-three candidates on the ballot paper, Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou is seen as the favorite. He has promised to restruct