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Benin SearchesHere a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about Benin when you search their database on the word "Benin": UNIONS is the United Nations International Organizations Network Search. Here you can search within all the UN-system, including sub-organizations. Expect to find too much documents, reports, articles, etc. about Benin. ECA-search - (UN.org.) In the database of the Economic Commission for Africa you might find some country-specific information about development. They also are quite good on gender issues. FAO-search - (UN-org.) Their database gives you lots of articles and reports about livestock and agriculture in Benin. Tons of free information! ILO-search - (UN-org.) Their database might find you some reports about working conditions in Benin, although there is little African country-specific information. Infonation is a UN statistics service. Choose country specific data from their huge and updated database. All countries are represented with data from the fields geography, economy, population and social indicators. You can compare data from up to seven countries. Excellent tool! UNDP-search - (UN-org.) You will find a solid amount of documents and reports about development in Benin in their database. UNESCO-search - (UN-org.) Their database contains loads of document related to education, science and culture and related items in Benin. WHO-search - (UN-org.) You'll find quit a few documents and reports about health issues in Benin and the region doing a search in their database. WTO-search - In the database of the World Trade Organization you'll find quit a few country-specific documents about trade, subsidies, development, etc. in Benin. Write "Benin" in the "Document Title" bar. WoYaa! is a search engine in French and English with links to quite a few sites in French-speaking Africa. Not updated since 1998 (?) and many bad connections. Yahoo-search - Yahoo helps you find websites related to Benin, although you'll have no idea what you'll find clicking their links...
Newspapers & PressHere, you'll find links to Beninese and non-Beninese newspapers and news agencies regularly writing about Benin, international press in general and other facilitators of news about Benin.
The Press in Benin
Press reporting about BeninAFP - Benin (French news agency) is probably the most regular provider of news from Benin, mostly with several articles a week. All in French but still recommended. Africa Confidential is a bisemanal journal on Africa. They let you enter their database on Benin of past headlines, which has some basic facts and news about Benin. afrol Benin is our own portal service to Benin, including background information, services and regular news. For afrol News' coverage of Benin, see also the Benin News page. AllAfrica (former AfricaNews) is a commercial network handling the distribution of reporting from more than 40 African news organizations and provides daily news from the African continent for an American audience. You can also go directly to their Benin page, listing the latest news stories. IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Network) is a UN humanitarian information unit, covering news from all Africa. You can also go directly into their Benin archive, where articles from the last months about Benin figure. NewAfrica, Benin offers interesting information about Beninese infrastructures, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. One World News Service is an international news service with a special page for Benin. In English, but not too regularly updated. PANA (PanAfrican News Agency) has an expanding pool of correspondents continent wide and partnerships with 48 national news agencies and the largest news-gathering operation in Africa. No country pages, but daily updated news from all over Africa. Weather.com has a page about the weather in Benin.
International pressLe Monde, the leading French newspaper, has an ample international coverage (all in French). You can also go directly to their Africa page. The Africa and Middle East site of the BBC World Services offers updated news, articles and other media services on Africa. The Financial Times is one of the world's leading business newspapers with a global outlook. You can also go directly to their Middle East and Africa page. The Independent is an excellent British newspaper with a wide international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page, where the latest articles about the continent are listed. The International Herald Tribune is a daily newspaper edited in Paris with a focus on news from all over the world. Published with The New York Times & The Washington Post. Times Internet Edition (UK) is the internet edition of the world's oldest daily newspaper. The sister paper, the Sunday Times Internet Edition has its own website. Relatively good international coverage. The New York Times is one of the most important US newspapers, having a relatively good international coverage, including an Africa page. Most international articles, however, are by AP or Reuters. The Washington Post is a prestigious US newspaper with an ample international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page or Benin page, were the last articles from WP are listed.
News & Discussion GroupsAfrica Online Benin offers services like e-mail, chat, newsgroups. A lot of news too, and only in English. L'Afrique sur Internet is a website in French about everything what's happening on Internet in francophone Africa. List of links, forums, etc. NewAfrica has chats, besides offering lots of other services.
Government OfficesNational Institutions The official site of the Beninese Government has general contry information, basic data on the government and government offices, tourism data and some news. The service is VERY slow .... The Hydrological Service of Benin offers all its information in French and English. The National Institute of Agricultural Development has a site with a short introduction, in French, on its activities and objectives. No-updated. About Beninese government, see also Politics and General Information, below.
OtherCities & TownsWeather.com offers dates on the weather in Cotonou, Porto Novo, etc.
Companies
CultureAfromix' web page to Beninese music, groups and artists, with special pages on some Beninese musicians. French and Spanish versions. The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families and countries.
EconomyBenin Economic Development and Indicators is an annual NewAfrica country profile on their pages about African economy. They use the IMF as their primary source, which should guarantee for their quality. The European Commission: Benin - Development is a page with some articles about statistics on external trade in Benin in the last years and some more. English. Mbendi Consultants' country profile on Benin concentrates on economical issues. Statistics on communications and information technology, etc. The Ministry of Economy of Benin has a website in French with some information, but with a too much slow service.... Planet Business-Benin offers interesting dates on economic situation in the country for importers, exporters, distributors and traders. In the website of Union-Transport you'll find a well structured information about transportation, logistics, brokerage, consulting and documentation in Benin.
Education
Environment/NatureFerti World is a online journal about to the fertilizer industry from around the world. Here you'll find some news (but not updated), special reports, a job center, chat room, message board and other links. Friends of the Earth (FoEI) is the world's largest federation of environmental groups, uniting close to one million activists worldwide. FoEI's member organizations in 61 countries. Its local office in Benin has a web page with some basic information. The National Institute of Agricultural Development has a site with a short introduction, in French, on its activities and objectives. No-updated. NewAfrica-Environment offers interesting information about the environment in Africa, among other subjects, and sometimes news about the environment in Benin.
General Information/Read about BeninThe U.S.
government has several informative, though subjective, pages about most countries in
the world, including Benin, being regularly updated. Big
resources are used to produce and maintain these pages. The CIA.
annual Factbook 2000 is probably
the best and most updated collection of data on the web. The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families and countries. The Spanish spoken website of the Basque publishing house Ikuska has pages on all African countries with relatively good statistical data and fuller information on ethnic groups. Infoplease.com contains a page about Benin with basic data of the country: history, geography, etc. New-Africa-Benin offers a very interesting information about Beninese infrastructures, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. You can order books about Benin on amazon.com's web page.
Human RightsThe Committee to Protect Journalists has a small, but interesting rapport about the situation of the press in Benin in 1997. The most informative site about human rights in Benin is the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices Released by the U.S. State Department. Big, elaborated report about the state of human rights in Benin. In the annual World Press Freedom Review looks at the the state of the media in 168 countries, like Benin, documenting press freedom violations. 1999.
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