Zangbeto: Voodoo Savior of Benin's Mangroves
GRAND-POPO, BENIN - In a wooden canoe on the waters of the Mono River in southwest Benin, a strange cone-shaped effigy in purple raffia and topped with horns sails back and forth through the mangroves.
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Half a ton of pangolin scales seized on the way to Asia from Benin
Anti-trafficking authorities have seized 513 kilograms (1,131 pounds) of pangolin scales at Cotonou airport in the West African country of Benin, the Beninese newspaper La Nouvelle Tribune reports.
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Generating employment and increasing income in agricultural value chains and thereby fostering food security: case studies of rice and cotton in Benin and Senegal
In this paper, use a case study approach to investigate the patterns of employment and income generation in cotton and rice value chains in Senegal and Benin. The purpose of the paper is to provide a comprehensive
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Scientists have seen a shocking rise in obesity levels in urban Africa over the past 25 years
Rapid urbanisation and associated changes in people’s lifestyle means Africa faces a growing obesity problem. Across the continent the share of the urban population is projected to increase to 50% by 2030
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Pendjari National park in Benin bounces back to life
Sitting in the back of a pick -up from the Pendjari National Park, in northern Benin, Matthieu Yoa smiles with the satisfaction of the work accomplished: with his rangers colleagues, he has just put a
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Benin park plans to become elephant sanctuary
TANGUIETA - Matthieu Yoa smiles at a job well done. The ranger and his colleagues have just put a satellite tracking collar on an elephant in the Pendjari National Park in northern Benin. "It was very
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Decreasing past and mid-century rainfall indices over the Ouémé River Basin, Benin (West Africa)
<p>This study analyzed the trends of extreme daily rainfall indices over the Ouémé basin using the observed data from 1950 to 2014 and the projected rainfall of regional climate model REMO
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Kenya ranks high in Good country Index, 2017
Kenya is the 12th best country in Africa and 92nd in World, according to this year's Good Country Index results released yesterday. The good country index looks at progress in science and technology, culture,
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Benin Moves to Save Part of West Africa's Last Big Wildlife Refuge
Benin is hiring scores of extra park rangers and bringing in conservation scientists to rehabilitate a part of West Africa's largest wildlife reserve, which contains big cats and thousands of elephants
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Africa: Experts Call for Multi-Pronged Approach to Fight Fall Armyworm in Africa
Scientists have called for quick, multi-institutional collaboration and co-ordinated action against the fall armyworm that has ravaged maize to avoid economic hardship for smallholders in the region and