Benin Cotton Output May Double on Increased Plantings, Support (Bloomberg)

March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Benin plans to more than double cotton output this year through increased plantings and government support for the industry, Agriculture Minister Gregoire Akofodji said.

Nigeria : Trailers Crush 104 to Death At Lokoja, Benin Market (AllAfrica.com)

Lokoja/Bennin — Death took 106 lives in different forms in three states on Monday and Tuesday, 104 of them through road accidents in Lokoja and Benin, and two by the bullets of kidnappers in Onitsha.

Daughter showed courage (Forsyth County News)

The family of a 24-year-old slain Peace Corps volunteer is still searching for closure and answers one year after her death in the west African nation of Benin.

AAUW supports U.N. refugee women at farmers market (The Fallbrook Village News)

FALLBROOK Fallbrook AAUW members took a field trip to the City Terrace Farmers Market in City Heights to support legal refugees brought here with the approval of the U.S. State Department and the United Nations. The refugees are from a variety of countries including, but not limited to, Benin in West Africa, Kenya, El Salvador, Iraq, Afghanistan, Honduras and Mexico.Donated items were delivered ...

Relevant Links (AllAfrica.com)

Running on an endlessly flat plain, the UBTH course is massive. It is almost three times the size of the Benin Golf Club, and its many trees are young, so you hardly get punished if your shots go awry.

CD Review: Lionel Loueke's 'Mwaliko' (Las Cruces Sun-News)

When Benin-born guitarist and vocalist Lionel Loueke was touring with jazz ensembles led by Terence Blanchard and Herbie Hancock, both bandleaders went out of their way to showcase his talents.

Nigeria : Ex-Militants Fault Reps on Council Chiefs' Suspension (AllAfrica.com)

Benin City — EX-MILITANT leaders in Edo State have condemned the resolution passed by the Federal House of Representatives condemning the suspension of two local government council chairmen by Governor Adams Oshiomhole and the removal of Speaker Zakawanu Garuba.

Desert dangers force Niger tourism south (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Joel Sauze was just readying his new eco-lodge in southern Niger for its first visitors as soldiers in the capital blasted their way into the presidential palace and arrested the country's leader.

Relevant Links (AllAfrica.com)

Omokhodion, who addressed newsmen in Benin City yesterday, said the action of some lawmakers who brought in weapons into "parliament to create bodily harm with the intention to intimidate and kill in the House is against all parliamentary convention and we ask the Inspector General of Police to step in immediately and arrest those culpable in this act so that justice will be seen to be done.

Nigeria : We'll Continue to Implement Reforms, Says Oshiomhole (AllAfrica.com)

Benin City — Edo State government has assured that it will continue to implement reforms that are beneficial to Edo people, just as it assured engagement of all stakeholders in the business of governance.