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¤ Pirates Hijack Tanker and 23 Crew Members off Benin
The hijacking was the latest in a series of increasingly brazen assaults on commercial shipping in a coastal region of Africa that had been considered relatively safe until this year. | ¤ Seeking New Respect, and New Practitioners, for Voodoo
 Dah Aligbonon Akpochihala, a voodoo priest in Benin, promotes the religion at his temple and in books, as well as on TV and radio. | ¤ Scheme Rattles Benin, an Anchor of Stability
 A Ponzi scheme has shaken the economy in a nation that has long been an exemplar of stability in West Africa. | ¤ A Hybridist Jamming With the World
 With his major-label debut, Lionel Loueke adds to jazz’s increasingly international flavor. | ¤ Bush, in Africa, Emphasizes Successes Over Conflicts
 President Bush defended his decision not to visit violence-stricken nations like Kenya and Sudan, saying he wanted to focus on his programs to fight AIDS and malaria. | ¤ Turmoil in Africa Alters Focus of Bush’s 5-Nation Tour
On the eve of a planned trip to Africa, President Bush thrust himself into the role of peacemaker on Thursday. | ¤ Arts, Briefly; From Albright-Knox, a Benin Bronze
Albright-Knox Art Gallery sells several older works at Sotheby's; 17th-century bronze head from kingdom of Benin sells for $4.74 million | ¤ Titan Corp. to Pay $28.5 Million in Fines for Foreign Bribery
The Titan Corporation, a leading military and intelligence contractor, will pay $28.5 million to settle criminal and civil charges that it bribed the president of Benin, government officials said yesterday. | ¤ West African Leaders Spar With Togo's Army-Backed President
West African leaders summoned Togo's new president to talks in Niger, threatening immediate sanctions if he did not attend. | ¤ Oldest Profession Is Still One of the Oldest Lures for Young Nigerian Women
 For nearly 20 years, the women of Benin City, Nigeria, have been going to Italy to work in the sex trade. |
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¤ Analysis: The downside of foreign land acquisitions in West Africa
 DAKAR 19 January 2012 (IRIN) - Population growth and rising consumption by a minority of people around the world are fuelling global land acquisitions and Africa is a “prime target”, says the International Land Coalition. | ¤ WEST AFRICA: Call for more coordinated approach to child protection
 DAKAR 04 January 2012 (IRIN) - A new report on child migration in West Africa says thousands of children are being sold, exchanged or transported out of their communities each year in violation of internationally-recognized rights of the child, and calls on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to persuade governments to better protect these children. | ¤ BENIN-TOGO: Joining forces to fight piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
 LOMÉ 29 November 2011 (IRIN) - West African states are pledging to work together to fight the piracy spreading across the Gulf of Guinea, where it is damaging local economies and starting to impact on the region’s trade, according to the United Nations. | ¤ AFRICA: Sub-Saharan sanitation targets “two centuries away”
 LONDON 18 November 2011 (IRIN) - It will take two centuries for sub-Saharan Africa to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation, according to NGO WaterAid, which calls on national leaders to commit 3.5 percent of their annual budget to the sector. | ¤ CLIMATE CHANGE: Soon every African village will know what the weather may bring
 JOHANNESBURG 02 November 2011 (IRIN) - Information about how climate change may affect any city, town or village in Africa until the next century will be available by mid-2012 as scientists localise global climate data. | ¤ FOOD: Rumpus over GM food aid
 JOHANNESBURG 18 October 2011 (IRIN) - Genetically modified (GM) food aid bound for Africa has long been a bone of contention among governments, scientists, activists, consumers and aid workers. | ¤ BENIN-CONGO: Deal to stem child trafficking
 POINTE-NOIRE 21 September 2011 (IRIN) - Benin and the Republic of Congo have signed an accord aimed at stemming the trafficking of children between the two countries. | ¤ HEALTH: Cholera soars in Lake Chad Basin countries
 DAKAR 30 August 2011 (IRIN) - Cholera has killed at least 1,200 people this year in the countries surrounding Lake Chad - Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria; the illness, linked primarily to poor sanitation and lack of potable water, has struck some 38,800 people in the region this year and continues to spread. | ¤ In Brief: Civil society studies West Africa "counter-terrorism plan"
 DAKAR 09 August 2011 (IRIN) - Journalists and civil society members in West Africa analysed a “counter-terrorism plan” drawn up by the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) at a 4-5 August meeting in the Senegalese capital Dakar. | ¤ DISASTERS: ECOWAS stepping up response
 ABUJA 13 July 2011 (IRIN) - Following years of discussion, representatives from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are now testing joint disaster responses in light of increased flooding and more severe droughts in West Africa over the past decade, according to the African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development (ACMAD). |
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