Benin News News Benin » Social: World Bank Approves $100 million for Benin to Strengthen and Expand Coverage of Poor Households in Social Safety Net
WASHINGTON, March 24, 2023 – The World Bank today approved $100 million in financing from the International Development Association (IDA)* to strengthen the social protection system and expand the ...
News Benin » Social: Benin grants citizenship to descendants of enslaved people. U.S. singer Ciara is among the first
DAKAR, Senegal — U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West African country granting citizenship to descendants of enslaved ...
News Benin » Social: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) trains young people in Benin to strengthen their role in regional integration
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) trains young people in Benin to strengthen their role in regional integration ...
News Benin » Social: Benin puts solar power at the heart of its energy policy
By Didier Hubert Madafimè The government of Benin is focusing on building solar power plants as part of a policy to make renewable energy the main source of the country’s energy supply by 2030. When ...
News Benin » Social: Benin Taps Two IMF Facilities to Counter Headwinds and Support SDGs
Benin made significant strides in managing its economy over the past five years, but hard-won economic gains are at risk from a deteriorating regional security situation at its northern borders, COVID ...
News Benin » Social: Angélique Kidjo Visits Bénin
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo returned to her home country Bénin last week to meet children and young people impacted by the spillover of violence from the Sahel crisis and climate change ...
News Benin » Social: IMF Reaches Staff-Level Agreement with Benin on the Second Review under the Extended Fund Facility and the Extended Credit Facility Arrangements
End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do ...
News Benin » Social: Oba of Benin holds coronation anniversary thanksgiving at 508-year-old church
Oba of Benin, on Sunday held his 9th coronation anniversary thanksgiving at the 508 years old Holy Aruosa Cathedral ...
News Benin » Social: Tinubu salutes Benin monarch's fight against human trafficking, illegal migration
President Tinubu also applauds the Oba's strong advocacy for a cultural renaissance, the preservation of traditional values, and his efforts to repatriate African artefacts from Western countries ...
News Benin » Social: Tinubu hails Oba of Benin’s ‘unrelenting service’ on ninth anniversary
President Bola Tinubu has extended warm felicitations to the Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, on the occasion of the ninth anniversary of his ascension to the ...