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UN agencies mobilize to support Government response after Benin confirms cases of Lassa fever

Edit United Nations 05 Feb 2016
Print ... To date, 25 suspected cases among which 12 deaths have been identified. Among the deceased, four cases of Lassa fever have been confirmed as positive ... On 21th January, a male nurse, among the suspected cases, died at the Borgou Departmental Hospital of Parakou, located in the central Benin ... To date, 203 contacts cases are spread across six communes. Tchaourou, Ouéssè, Kalalé, Bembérèkè, Parakou, and Porto-Novo ... News Tracker....

UN agencies mobilize to support Government response after Benin confirms cases of Lassa fever (UN ...

Edit Public Technologies 05 Feb 2016
(Source. UN - United Nations) ... To date, 25 suspected cases among which 12 deaths have been identified. Among the deceased, four cases of Lassa fever have been confirmed as positive ... On 21th January, a male nurse, among the suspected cases, died at the Borgou Departmental Hospital of Parakou, located in the central Benin ... Tchaourou, Ouéssè, Kalalé, Bembérèkè, Parakou, and Porto-Novo ... blood, urine, saliva, sperm, vomit, faeces ... (noodl....

Ghana Property Awards focus on sanitation, power

Edit Graphic 18 Nov 2015
Support from government ... Resilience and innovation ... “The West African sub-region has for the past 12 months or so grappled with the incessant Boko Haram attacks and the horrifying sceptre of Ebola ... Awards ... The Hall of Fame Award, the highest of the night, went to the Chief Executive Officer of Parakou Limited, Mr Gaby Mattouk. He is the founder of Parakou Limited and co-founder of Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA) ... ....

Achimota Retail Centre Opens

Edit Peace FM Online 30 Oct 2015
The much-awaited Achimota Retail Centre, the latest modern retail shopping facility in the country, officially opened yesterday at Dome, Accra ... It will serve residents in communities such as Achimota, Dome, Tantra Hill, Kwabenya, Ofankor, the estates of Ashongman, Parakou and Kwabenya ... Variety for Customers ... Other food houses in there are KFC, Basillisa, Food Inn, Pizza Hut, Steak Escape, Roaj Restaurant and Second Cup. Parking Space....

11 Memorable Train Journeys in Africa, From Cairo To Cape Town

Edit Huffington Post 27 Oct 2015
Courtesy of Rovos Rail. The train is not the most popular -- nor the most efficient -- way to travel in Africa, but its aura of faded bygone glamour makes it a must for those who are fans of slow travel ... Blue Train, South Africa (photo courtesy of Blue Train). Blue Train, South Africa ... Jambo Kenya Deluxe ... The train travels on a single narrow-gauge track between�the coastal town of Cotonou and the inland capital of Parakou ... Zimbabwe Rail ... ....

Benin's struggling state-run railways pass into private hands

Edit Yahoo Daily News 13 Oct 2015
Hundreds of workers sit between out-of-date machinery and old carriages in the main workshop of Benin's struggling state rail firm for their last staff meeting as public sector employees ... - Full steam ahead? - ... "It was like a dream ... - Major assets - ... The forerunner of the OCBN, the OCDN, was launched in 1959 -- a year before independence from France -- but stopped at the border, at Parakou, 438 kilometres north of Cotonou ... ....

Half-year financial report (Bolloré SA)

Edit Public Technologies 12 Oct 2015
(Source. Bolloré SA) 304dd09ad891e28a960c09.pdf. 2015. BOLLORÉ. HALF-YEAR FINANCIAL REPORT. SUMMARY. Activity report. 3. Condensed half-yearly consolidated financial statements. 18 ... 47 ... 48. ACTIVITY REPORT. 1/ HALF-YEAR 2015 RESULT ... 3 ... complete the Abidjan-Cotonou rail loop (2,740 km) via Kaya and Niamey with the construction of the stretches between Kaya-Niamey (410 km), Niamey-Parakou (630 km) and renovation of the Parakou- Cotonou line (440 km)....

AfDB and Benin discuss cooperation (African Development Bank Group)

Edit Public Technologies 10 Sep 2015
(Source. African Development Bank Group) ... He said the Bank's undertaking to provide US $700 million in support to Benin during the 2014-2018 period had begun to materialize through projects approved in 2014 such as the Parakou Urban Transport Project. An agriculture and a water project are also in the Bank's pipeline for funding ... distributed by ... (noodl....

Award of new exploration tenements in Benin Mineralised Tantalum and Gem bearing Pegmatites identified (Premier African Minerals ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Jul 2015
(Source. Premier African Minerals ltd). Premier African Minerals Limited / Ticker. PREM / Index. AIM / Sector. Mining For immediate release. 14 July 2015. Premier African Minerals Limited. ("Premier" or the "Company"). Award of new exploration tenements in Benin. Mineralised Tantalum and Gem bearing Pegmatites identified ... Highlights ... The nearest major city with some 250,000 inhabitants is Parakou, 75 km to the north ... About Benin ... Qualified Person....

Radical Islam coming to Beinin, prelate reports

Edit Topix 01 May 2015
Militant Islam is making its presence felt in Benin, Archbishop Pascal N'Koue of Parakou told the Fides news service. The archbishop, who is secretary-general of the country's episcopal conference, said that "there is the infiltration of an Islam that is no longer the traditional African Islam that allows Muslims and non-Muslims to live together peacefully." ....

Radical Islam coming to Beinin prelate reports

Edit Big News Network 01 May 2015
Militant Islam is making its presence felt in Benin, Archbishop Pascal N'Koue of Parakou told the Fides news service. The archbishop, who is secretary-general of the ... ....

Farming indigenous vegetables in West Africa (University of Manitoba)

Edit noodls 29 Apr 2015
(Source. University of Manitoba) April 29, 2015 - ... The CIFSRF works to increase food security in developing countries ... The lead research partners include the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Manitoba (Rotimi Aluko) in Canada, Osun State University and Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria, and the Université de Parakou in Bénin ... distributed by ... (noodl. 28008021) ....

Letter from Benin: Hot runnings

Edit The Guardian 10 Mar 2015
Andrew Potter competes in the 2015 Parakou 10km marathon. Photograph. Andrew Potter. Andrew Potter. Tuesday 10 March 2015 15.51 GMT ... Yet today Parakou town hosts its eighth annual marathon ... 10km, 21km and 42km ... The rest of us wait at Parakou for these first runners to appear ... Parakou gets its name from the Dendi word “Kpara’klou”, “the town of everyone” ... Wow I did it! And to prove it my photo is on the website of Parakou’s eighth marathon ... ....
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