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October 24
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Benin: Following Benin Floods, UN Humanitarian Official Flags Need for 'New Paradigm' to Help Vulnerable
At the end of a joint United Nations-Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) mission to Benin, a senior UN humanitarian official highlighted the need for new ways to help people... Read more »
October 22
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Benin: On Visit to Benin, UN Humanitarian Chief Calls for More to Help People Deal With Floods
The United Nations humanitarian chief has called for a change in the way the international community deals with humanitarian crises and support governments in improving... Read more »
September 26
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Mali: African Leaders Call for Help With Mali Crisis
African leaders took the podium on the opening day of the 67th United Nations General Assembly's high-level debate with a focus on the conflicts and humanitarian crises that block... Read more »
July 4
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Rwanda: Genocide Convicts Sent to Jail in Mali, Benin
The United Nations tribunal trying key suspects implicated in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda has transferred four convicts to serve their sentences in Mali and four to Benin. Read more »
November 10, 2011
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West Africa: Ban Deploys UN Team to Assess Gulf of Guinea Piracy Threat
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has deployed a team to assess the scope of the piracy threat in the Gulf of Guinea and make recommendations for possible United Nations support in... Read more »
October 19, 2011
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West Africa: UN Calls for Strategy on Piracy
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged States and regional organizations in West Africa's Gulf of Guinea to develop a comprehensive and integrated strategy to combat maritime... Read more »
September 28, 2011
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West Africa: Govts Call for Permanent African Seat On Security Council
West African countries today called for enlarging the 15-member Security Council to give their continent its due representation on the United Nations body whose decisions are... Read more »
March 15, 2011
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Benin: Presidential Election Likely to Head Into Runoff
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today commended the "peaceful and orderly" conduct of the first round of presidential elections in Benin, saying the West African country had set a... Read more »
March 4, 2011
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Africa: Joint UN-African Delegation Backs Delaying Presidential Election
A joint delegation of the United Nations, the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) officials today backed calls for delaying Benin's... Read more »
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