Africans Will Get Wider Access to Vaccines in New Distribution Deal

Vaccine-short Africa is hopeful of getting more COVID-19 doses, as a South African pharmaceutical firm is close to being the first in Africa to distribute them for sale across the…

French Military: Forces Did Not Fire into Crowd of Nigerien Protesters

A French military spokesperson has denied an accusation that French soldiers shot into a crowd of protesters in Niger late last month. The deteriorating security situation in Africa’s Sahel region…

South Africa Teenage Pregnancy Spikes During Pandemic

South Africa’s teenage pregnancy rate has jumped 60% amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase affecting the education of many young women and their hopes to escape the cycle of poverty.…

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  • November 30, 2021
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Migrant Advocates Accuse EU of Flagrant Breaches of Geneva Convention

The migrant crisis on Poland’s border, which Western powers accuse Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko of engineering, caught international attention in November. But asylum seekers on the Poland-Belarus border aren’t alone…

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  • November 30, 2021
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IOM Says Despite Risks, Number of Migrants Crossing the Mediterranean Sea Has Doubled

In search of a better life, many migrants try to cross what has been dubbed the “deadliest border in the world” – the Mediterranean Sea. Despite the risks, the International…

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  • November 29, 2021
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Ministry of Water and Mines 2022 budget project: Samou SEÏDOU ADAMBI announces major projects

The Minister of Water and Mines, Samou SEÏDOU ADAMBI was before the budget committee of the National Assembly on Tuesday 23 November. For fiscal year 2022, a budget of 74,448,532,000…

National soybean marketing campaign 2021-2022 in Benin

After the town Ouaké in Donga and the Glazoué in the Hills, it is the turn of the Common Djidja in the Zou department to host the Thursday 25 November…

Bulletin for the 3rd quarter of foreign trade 2021

Valued at CFAF 144.8 billion, against CFAF 161.2 billion a quarter earlier, Benin’s merchandise exports fell by 10.2% during the third quarter of 2021. In the third quarter of 2021,…

BENIN 2017 AND 2018 FOOD BALANCE REPORT ACCORDING TO THE NEW FAO METHODOLOGY

The food balance gives an overview of the composition of a country’s food supply during a specified period. In its fourth session in Washington in 1948, the FAO conference recommended…

Governance / Wilfrid Houngbédji enlightens the population of Natitingou on recent reforms of the Talon government

Natitingou-The Deputy Secretary General of the Government and government spokesperson, Wilfried Houngbédji, at the bend of a public conference, animated Saturday at the Natitingou prefecture, spoke to the populations of…