Reuters: Benin News

Millions die because of high malaria drug prices

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:00:13 +0000

* Artemisinin combination therapy drugs good but expensive

ECOWAS bank signs Niger loan despite suspension

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:52:05 +0000

NIAMEY, Oct 28 (Reuters) - West African regional bloc ECOWAS has agreed to lend Niger 5 billion CFA francs ($11.33 million) to help fund a road project, state media said late on Tuesday, a week after the organisation suspended Niger over flawed polls.

RPT-Poor states seek cotton safety net due to slump

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:30:19 +0000

* Poor states say also want faster elimination of subsidies

TIMELINE-Attacks in the Gulf of Guinea

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:31:25 +0000

Oct 15 (Reuters) - Cameroon military forces repelled a pirate attack on a fishing vessel off the Bakassi Peninsula near Nigeria, killing four gunmen and capturing three, the Ministry of Defence said on Thursday.

African leaders, Chirac attack fake drug trade

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:20:25 +0000

COTONOU, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Six African leaders have joined former French President Jacques Chirac in campaigning against the trade in fake medicines that are used widely on the world's poorest continent but threaten patients and state revenues.

West African CFA zone y/y inflation down - cen bank

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:45:01 +0000

LOME, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Year-on-year inflation in West Africa's CFA currency zone has maintained a steady fall since late last year and reached 0.2 percent deflation by the end of July, the region's central bank said on Thursday.

WRAPUP 1-Soccer-Ghana qualify for World Cup after beating Sudan

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:41:52 +0000

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Ghana qualified for next year's World Cup after beating Sudan 2-0 in Accra on Sunday to take an unassailable lead in their group.

UPDATE 1-Five dead, thousands flee flooding in Burkina Faso

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:15:06 +0000

OUAGADOUGOU, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Five people were killed and 150,000 left homeless in Burkina Faso on Wednesday as heavy rainfall triggered flooding across West Africa.

Thousands flee flooding in Burkina Faso

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:32:00 +0000

DAKAR, Sept 2 (Reuters) - The heaviest rainfall in 90 years in the African state of Burkina Faso has triggered heavy flooding and forced thousands of people to flee their homes, the government said on Wednesday.

Lint industry future worries Uganda cotton players

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:52:38 +0000

KAMPALA, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Production in Uganda's once-thriving cotton sector may fall to negligible levels in the coming years due to harsh weather, government neglect, volatile global prices and investor flight, industry players say.