Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Five people who are involved in Monday's robbery of fore
ign exchange dealers at the Beninese-Nigerian border of Seme-Krake have been arr
e
sted by Nigerian police, official sources said on Thursday in Cotonou.
02/09/2010full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The West African Economic and Monetary Union
(WAEMU) has granted Benin a financial aid of 200 million CFAF to support
the country in rehabilitating flood victims.
02/09/2010full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - For their "gross misconduct" during the Africa Cup of Na
tions (CAN) 2010 in Angola, six professional players have been left out of the n
e
w Beninese national football team, official sources said Wednesday in Cotonou.
01/09/2010full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Three people were killed and more than 10 others wounded
when armed robbers attacked foreign exchange dealers on Monday at Seme-Krake on
the Benin-Nigeria border, the police in Benin told PANA Tuesday.
31/08/2010full text...
New York, US (PANA) - The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
has
condemned Wednesday's ruling by a criminal court judge in Togo to indefinitely b
an the distribution of a
Benin newspaper that had raised questions about the alleged involvement of a hal
f-brother of
President Faure Gnassingbe in drug trafficking.
27/08/2010full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin's Parliament on Monday passed a bill amending
the electoral law to provide for a secure computerised voters' roll (LEIS) in
the country.
24/08/2010full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The president of the National Assembly of
Benin, Mathurin Nago, has rejected a request by some MPs to sue President
Yayi Boni over the activities of financial company ICC Services, which is owing
its clients over 100 billion CFA.
20/08/2010full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has granted Benin 9.5 billion CF
A aimed at financing the Civil Society and Culture
Programme (PSCC), sources at the EU delegation in Cotonou said.
16/08/2010full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The study committee of the Economic Community of West Af
rican States (ECOWAS) on livestock farming has pleaded for the improvement of th
e
sector's performances during the session held in the Beninese capital, Cotonou.
15/08/2010full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The World Bank has granted six billion FCFA to Benin to
finance the country's national support development project conducted by communit
i
es, official sources said Thursday in Cotonou.
12/08/2010full text...
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan will join many oth
er African and world leaders at the
50th independence anniversary celebrations of Benin's independence on Sunday in
Porto Novo.
31/07/2010full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - At least 13 African Heads of State will participate in t
he 50th anniversary celebrations of
Benin's independence in Porto-Novo Sunday, the Beninese Minister of Foreign Affa
irs, Jean-Marie Ehouzou, announced.
30/07/2010full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Four former Beninese Ministers may be tried at the count
ry's High Court of Justice
for corruption charges, according to a request for indictment from President Bon
i Yayi to the National Assembly.
23/07/2010full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The decision of the Beninese Football Federation
(FBF) to dissolve the country's football team following its poor
performance at the last African Cup of Nations in Angola was lifted at
the close of a meeting held by the executive committee on Wednesday in
Cotonou.
22/07/2010full text...
Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - Member countries of the Economic Community of West
African States (ECOWAS) have expressed the wish to set up a regional fund
to develop transport and energy in the sub-region, official sources told
PANA in Cotonou on Tuesday.
20/07/2010full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) â" The Benin commercial capital, Cotonou, will in August
host a commercial forum on the facilitation of trade in West and Central Africa,
official sources told PANA on Monday.
19/07/2010full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - At the end of its general assembly Friday in
Cotonou, the capital of Benin, the West African Economic and Monetary
Union (WAEMU) said it would set up a Regional Fund for Mortgage Re-
financing (CRRH-WAEMU).
18/07/2010full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - An all-female military contingent will represent Benin a
t
the celebration of French Independence Day on 14 July in Paris, PANA reported Mo
nday,
quoting the general staff of the Beninese Army.
12/07/2010full text...
