COTONOU, Benin, Nov. 15 — A Chinese medical team of ophthalmologists from China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region launched a project to provide free cataract surgeries in Benin on Tuesday. The project, launched in the country’s southern city of Cotonou, is one of the outcomes of Beninese President Patrice Athanase Guillaume Talon’s visit to China in...
Niger’s military Junta has said it would end a military pact with neighbouring Benin Republic, accusing it of authorizing the deployment of troops on its territory for possible military intervention by the West African bloc, ECOWAS. Ajeck Mangut reports. The post Niger junta ends military accord with Benin first appeared on Future Media. Source link
Benin says that work on a major oil pipeline linking it with neighbouring Niger has not been impacted by sanctions imposed on Niamey. The measures were put in place by leaders of West Africa’s regional bloc over last week’s military coup, although it could mean a delay. Reuters reports that heads of state of the...
Mr Clem Agba, former Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, has mourned the Esogban of Benin Kingdom, Chief David Edebiri, who passed, on Thursday, at the age of 93. Agba, in a statement on Friday, said Edebiri’s transition was a great loss to the Benin kingdom and the Palace of the Oba of...