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Mercy Ships Is honored by the Republic of BeninMercy Ships founders and chief eye surgeon receive Lifetime Award Cotonou, Benin, West Africa, November 17, 2009 - Mercy Ships received a high honor given by the President of the Republic of Benin, H.E. Dr Thomas Yayi Boni, for bringing hope and healing to the forgotten poor.
(Topix.net)Dreyfuss, Rendell mark Gettysburg anniversary
Gov. Ed Rendell steps away from the Soldiers National Monument after placing a wreath there Thursday morning.
(Topix.net)Health
The World Health Organisation will next week launch a mass yellow fever vaccination campaign in the Republic of Benin, Liberia and Sierra L eone.
(Topix.net)Health Teams Launch Mass Yellow Fever Vaccinations
The largest-ever mass vaccination campaign protecting populations from the dangerously infectious yellow fever disease will begin next week across three West African countries, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) announced today. (AllAfrica)
Kigabo Mbazumutima
Kigabo Mbazumutima is a doctor from the West African Republic of Benin. He grew up in primitive conditions but was inspired by his two sisters to obtain a medical degree.
(Topix.net)Kwara boat mishap: Senator debunks allegations
A Senator representing Kwara North Senatorial District, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed, has debunked allegations in some quarters, blaming neglect and lack of certain basic social infrastructure as the major factor behind the tragic boat accident which claimed the lives of several students in the Bukuro Community of Baruten Local Government Area.
(Topix.net)UNDP Helps to Set Up Solar Villages
Until recently, the villages of Hon and Koussoukpa, like many others, (100 kilometers from Cotonou, Benin's economic capital) got their light from oil lamps and candles, suffering all the damage to health and the environment. The darkness also emphasized the sense of danger and rural isolation. (AllAfrica)
Benin: UNDP Helps to Set Up Solar Villages
Until recently, the villages of Hon and Koussoukpa, like many others, got their light from oil lamps and candles, suffering all the damage to health and the environment.
(Topix.net)Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Norah Jones and Goodness from Benin & Martinique
It was shortly after 9/11 that I first saw Norah Jones perform. I went predominantly because my roommate was a jazz musician, and I was being sold on a jazz singer by a publicist.
(Topix.net)Silverthorne nurse retires from Air Force, returns to hospital
After work as a flight nurse, management roles and a trip to Africa, Silverthorne resident Col.
(Topix.net)Sitting with the docs of the bay
Delta couple Irik and Cathie Mallie have left their home, their church, their jobs - " all that they know in their world here in Canada - " to literally head off into the wild blue yonder to volunteer onboard a Mercy Ship in West Africa for two months.
(Topix.net)Insecticide 'Wallpaper' Lethal to Malaria Mosquitoes
'Wallpapering' huts with sheeting made from insecticide-treated plastic could be a new tool for malaria control, research in Benin shows. (AllAfrica)
3 To Benin
Three members of SUNY Oswego's School of Education recently continued the work of the college's Project CLIMB in Benin, delivering intensive seminars to school inspectors and teacher trainees at the Ecole Normale Superieure of the University of Abomey-Calavi. Eugenio Basualdo of the vocational teacher preparation department, Alfred Frederick of the ...
(Topix.net)Benin Customs Seeks Closer Ties With FG
Benin Republic's Customs Service is seeking closer ties with its Nigerian counterpart, the Director General of the Republic of Benin's Customs Service Mr Hippolyte Djegou said yesterday. He said this when he visited the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko Inde in his office in Abuja. (AllAfrica)
Holidays on Earth Today: October 26, 2009
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(Topix.net)India and Benin should broaden trade ties: Tharoor
New Delhi, Oct 23: India and Benin need to broaden and deepen trade ties and look at new sectors like pharmaceutical and telecom, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said, addressing business leaders in the West African country.
(Topix.net)Tharoor starts official visit to Benin
The visit of Tharoor also comes after President of Benin Bon Yayi's successful visit in March this year.
(Topix.net)Anti-Counterfeit Medicines Convention Foreseen In 2010
Third Revision of Patent Law in China The third amendment of Chinese Patent Law enters into force from 1 October, 2009.
(Topix.net)'Peace cotton' smooths its way into Benin
It has not rained much recently in the northern regions of Benin in west Africa, the soil is hard and cracking.
(Topix.net)Africa for clean sources of energy
African heads of State advocate the development of solar, hydraulic, and wind energy to cope with energy needs in the next 20 years.
(Topix.net)Wither With the WAGP Project?
Almost twenty years ago, Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, and Togo began efforts at building a common gas pipeline project that will serve the energy needs of countries in the sub-region. The construction started in 2005 amidst much expectation particularly in Ghana, where many were expecting the gas flows to result in lower electricity tariffs. (AllAfrica)
Farmers Unite Against Effects of Climate Change
Farmers in Benin are implementing their own research findings to boost the soil fertility and moisture retention of their plots. (AllAfrica)
EFCC Boss Tasks National Assembly on Passage of FOI Bill
CHAIRMAN of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri, yesterday in Benin appealed to the National Assembly to immediately consider the passage of the Freedom of Information Bill currently y before it to enable Nigerians demand for accountability and purposeful governance from their leaders. (AllAfrica)
Officials Make a Call to Action Against Fake HIV Drugs
Two African presidents - Thomas Boni Yayi of Benin and Blaise Compaor of Burkina Faso - were among the dignitaries at a meeting in Cotonou, Benin, making an international call to action against counterfeit medications, Time reports .
(Topix.net)Secretary-General urges global response to combat trafficking of fake medicines
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged collective action to protect people from falling victim to the 'insidious and illicit' trade in counterfeit medicines, a problem affecting all countries but which hits the poor particularly hard.
(Topix.net)African leaders agree to fight against fake drugs
African Heads of State and representatives of the intern ational community, on Monday in Cotonou, the capital of Benin, pledged to fight a gainst the manufacturing and marketing of counterfeit drugs.
(Topix.net)Unwholesome Poultry Products Land At Takoradi
INVESTIGATIONS conducted by DAILY GUIDE has revealed that some personnel of the national security at the Takoradi Port are preventing veterinary officers at the Port who are to ensure that only wholesome meat and poultry products were imported into the country, from doing so.
(Topix.net)Al Sulaimi hails Oman-Unesco ties
PARIS a ' Yahya bin Saud Al Sulaimi, minister of education and chairman of Oman Organisation for Education, Culture and Science, delivered a speech at the 35th round of the Unesco General Conference in the French capital of Paris yesterday.
(Topix.net)Emir meets leader of Benin
HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani receiving the visiting President of Benin Thomas Yayi Boni yesterday.
(Topix.net)Mikhael Subotzky
Since graduating from art school a year ago, Mikhael Subotzky has taken his native South Africa and the international art world by storm.
(Topix.net)Statement by an IMF Staff Mission to Benin
An International Monetary Fund mission visited Cotonou during September 14-28, 2009 to conduct discussions on a program that could be supported by the IMF.
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