| Consequently, I deduced that the descendants of Eze Chima were refugees fleeing from the Oba of Benin and his slave raiders. |
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| The Ewe live in southeastern Ghana as well as the southern regions of neighboring countries Togo and Benin. |
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| A few years ago, his name headed a public opinion poll that had asked who the people of Benin would prefer as president. |
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| Detectives have used ground-breaking forensic techniques to establish that Adam was from south-west Nigeria between Benin City and Ibadan. |
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| However, Benin is improving the health and living conditions of its people. |
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| Benin City is a conglomeration of villages with a hub of government offices and a periphery of breweries and factories. |
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| The mudfish was a common motif in Benin art, sometimes acting as a royal symbol. |
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| Brian Barder was British ambassador to Ethiopia, Poland and Benin, and high commissioner in Nigeria and Australia. |
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| In Benin the value deteriorated so much that in the 18th century no manillas could be sold there. |
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| Benin City's museum might have been a magnet attracting important pieces in local private hands. |
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| His bas-reliefs are found throughout Benin, in restaurants, and hotels, representing diverse subjects ranging from royal motifs to Vodun symbols. |
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| Today Benin includes not only the ancient Fon kingdom of Dahomey but also areas inhabited by many other groups. |
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| A total of six offices in Italy, United Arab Republic, Benin Republic, Peru and the United States, were re-audited to renew their certificates. |
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| It's funny, people had often told me that when I got to Bahia I'd be blown away by how similar it was to Benin. |
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| One day I got a call from a fellow citizen of Benin who apparently saw me jamming in a Cotonou club as I was vacationing. |
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| For Benin and Ghana, short field trips of one week each were undertaken in addition to desk work. |
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| The Council will now proceed to draw lots to select two delegations, excluding Benin, which presides in February, to serve as tellers. |
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| Azerbaijan encouraged Benin to bring its legislation in line with international standards and give a preponderate place to education. |
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| Tim Hipskind, a tertian from the Chicago province is currently having an apostolic experience at St. Joseph Parish in Benin City. |
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| In a few words, the people of Benin expressed the meaning of our pilgrimage. |
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| This training, co-facilitated by the animator and the national delegate as well as their colleagues from Benin, gathered 33 participants. |
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| On the other, we need to fine-tune our strategy of intervention against the exploitation of Benin children in Nigerian stone quarries. |
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| Yet when Gangbé plays in Benin, the audience can of course hear nuances and rhythms that Haitians and jazzmen are impervious to. |
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| Regarding the issue of the death penalty, AI reported that Benin is an abolitionist country in practice. |
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| The two major ecosystems are separated by the Dahomey Gap, a mixture of savanna and dry forest, in Togo and Benin. |
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| Benin considers the issue of disarmament to be fundamental to establishing peace and promoting development. |
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| Benin expressed concern with the large number of issues that are being used as obstacles. |
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| Lady Christine in Sakété in Benin went to the farm with her co-wife and their common husband for harvesting maize. |
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| The Agbada Formation underlies the Benin Formation and consists primarily of sand and shale, and is of fluviomarine origin. |
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| A minimum legal age for the consummation of the sexual act does not exist in Benin. |
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| A native of Mono, in the south west of Benin, he brought to the combo the spirit and rhythms of vodun, practised in the Gulf of Guinea. |
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| Vodun is an ancient religion practiced by some 30 million people in the West African nations of Benin, Togo and Ghana. |
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| The Ivorian crisis has totally disrupted the circulation of goods from Mali to the ports of Lome in Togo, Cotonou in Benin, and Tema in Ghana. |
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| Impact of the kdr mutation on the efficacy of pyrethroid treated nets has been investigated in Benin and Côte d'Ivoire. |
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| Benin remains an under-developed country dependent on subsistence agriculture, cotton production and regional trade. |
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| On 30 November 1975 the Republic of Dahomey became the People's Republic of Benin. |
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| After 17 years of dictatorship, Benin has a new constitutional court to which even the humblest citizen can appeal. |
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| In Benin, Mariette, left, with Angelique Kidjo, says she was very happy to be selected for the Batonga Girls' Education Program. |
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| There are a few exceptions, such as Benin, where the parliamentary opposition wields real power and makes its voice heard. |
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| Nigeria's neighbours, Benin, Cameroon, Niger and Chad, were expected to attend, along with US, UK and EU representatives. |
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| It's also important to involve civil society and local government in programmes, as is being done in Benin. |
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| Finally, the setting up of dry ports and of a Company for the control and management of freight should consolidate the transport sector of Benin. |
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| Benin has not yet formally incorporated a specific definition of torture into its legislation. |
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| Benin is a small country, but we have twenty counties, each with their own rhythm. |
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| Please also indicate which countries have signed agreements with Benin on legal cooperation in criminal matters. |
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| In spite of the efforts made, Benin still suffers from an increasing lack of electricity generating capacity. |
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| At the Global awards ceremony, musical artists set the crowd on fire, especially Benin singer angelique Kidjo. |
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| Among the ethnic groups or regions selected to exemplify these roles are the Asante, Kuba, Fante, Benin kingdom, Okpella, Isoko, Baule, Igbo, Fon, and Lamu Island. |
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| A study in Benin failed to show that vaccination for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and polio was associated with reduced mortality from other conditions. |
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| Western collectors of Benin art are obsessed with antiquity. |
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| Osa Omorogbe was born in Benin City, Nigeria, but lived in Newcastle for more than 45 years. |
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| Osa Omorogbe, one of Tyneside's most colourful characters, was born in Benin City, Nigeria, but lived in Newcastle for more than 45 years. |
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| Large Benin queen head, well-proportioned expressive face. |
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| Second-burial effigies, life-size and naturalistically carved in wood, were made during the 20th century but were developed from wickerwork forms such as are still used in Benin and in Igbo towns once under Benin influence. |
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| The 3-2 rhythm that is typical of Afro-Cuban music from the end of the 16th century in Santiago de Cuba, the black town of the island, has its origins in the vodun rhythms of South Benin, Togo and Nigeria. |
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| Straightforward wins over Mozambique, Benin, Cameroon and finally Algeria, by a stunning 4-0 score, followed and are enough to prove the in-form Pharoahs favourites against an short-handed Ghana team in the final. |
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| The coastline on the gulf includes the Bight of Benin and the Bight of Bonny. |
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| The collection grew in the nineteenth century, first with the addition of Indonesian pieces and then with the acquisition of African pieces, most notably of a vast collection of bronzes and ivories from the Kingdom of Benin. |
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| In neighbouring Benin, though, the period saw the blossoming of a whole generation of self-assured creators who were up for anything, just as long as it was groovy. |
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| One compelling example is the Songhai agricultural training center in Benin, which enables 65-70 percent of its graduates to settle into agriculture. |
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| A webcast allowed viewers from as far afield as Benin to participate and ask questions, and for a journalist to cover the conference from New York City. |
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| Other major slaving ports in Nigeria were located in Badagry, Lagos on the Bight of Benin and on Bonny Island on the Bight of Biafra. |
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| Social sector operations, including housing development and hospital projects, were approved in Bangladesh, Benin, Cameroon, Mali, Senegal and the Sudan. |
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| The French spoken in Nigeria may be mixed with some native languages but is mostly spoken like the French spoken in Benin. |
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| Tdh Benin believes the life span of any social safety net is short unless concerned stakeholders change from passive recipients of aid to proactive builders of their own destiny. |
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| In Benin, clustering in pedagogical units has existed for some time and has become entrenched: teaching staff from neighbouring schools meet nearly twice a month to discuss pedagogical and other matters. |
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| Many in the museum world, outside and inside Africa, say that the time has come to return some or all of them to Benin. The story of the bronzes is fairly simple, although the emotions engendered are not. |
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| Families in Benin are generally patrilinear. |
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| Nigeria will slug it out against host Togo, Benin Republic and Cote d'Ivoire for a place in 2011 FIBA Africa Championship for Men holding in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire and the 10th All Africa Games in Zambia. |
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| The report is the result of brief field work in Benin and Ghana, complemented by desk work on those countries as well as on Mozambique, Nicaragua and Tanzania. |
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| Promoting clean energy and economic growth in Benin and Togo: EUR 35m to increase the electricity generating capacity of the binational public utility, improve supplies, and reduce the use of generators and network losses. |
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| The few stretches of tropical forest that remain in Benin, mostly in the southwest and central areas, contain mahogany, iroko, teak, samba, and other tropical hardwoods. |
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| Since 2003, Brazil, Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad and Benin have been demanding the elimination of the American subsidy measures on cotton exports, which heavily penalize producers in their countries. |
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| The other project that was chosen, in Benin, Africa, is a testament to the vision and leadership of Archbishop Isidore de Souza of Cotonou and his collaborators in the diocesan development office. |
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| Also discussed was the advancement of the preparations for the 8th General Assembly of the AMWCY which will take place in October November 2009 in Cotonou, Benin. |
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| This mundanity is testimony enough to the integration of voodoo, or vodoun, into daily life in Benin, the country that claims to have given birth to the religion. |
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| The house possesses features that match the horizontally fluted walls, pillars, central impluvium and carved decorations observed in the architecture of ancient Benin. |
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| Fon, which can be understood by speakers of Ewe bordering the East, is spoken as a second language up to the town of Djougou in Benin, located more than 400 kilometres from the coast. |
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| Hortense Bankolé de Souza, president of the national Chamber of the judicial officers of Benign, quoted two cases of obstacles to enforcement of legal decisions in Benin due to the political authority. |
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| Less numerous are the Ibibio, who live near the Igbo and share many of their cultural traits, and the Edo, who created the important precolonial kingdom of Benin. |
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| The fact is that we can seriate it starting in the 1300s, with the king of Benin, who brought peace after war. |
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| Ambassadors to Dahomey would henceforth be appointed as High Commissioner to Ghana and concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Benin, resident in Accra, Ghana. |
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| However, legislative and judiciary practice in Benin is based upon a legal duality: the provisions of the Civil Code and the customary law of Dahomey. |
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| One of the finals' revelations, muscular striker Razak Omotoyossi brought more than just a touch of class to the debutant Baby Squirrels of Benin. |
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| Forensic evidence has narrowed the boy's home down to a 100 mile by 50 mile corridor between Benin City and Ibadan. |
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| Petrobras, Brazil's state-owned oil behemoth, is already pumping oil in Angola and Nigeria and is on the hunt for more in Benin, Gabon, Libya, Nigeria and Tanzania. |
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| Its wintering grounds are confirmed to stretch over shelf waters of at least western Nigeria, Benin, Togo, the Volta estuary area in eastern Ghana, and possibly further west into Ivory Coast. |
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| The pan-African club will continue, as before, to be chaired ceremonially each year by a head of state, at present Yayi Boni of Benin, but for the next four years Ms Dlamini-Zuma will really run the show. |
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| Nigeria shares international maritime borders with coast-line countries like Equatorial Guinea, Cameroun, Benin Republic and Ghana. |
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| This is the case with the Akan group which embraces both the Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, and with the Tamberna communities that are present in both Togo and Benin. |
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| Akan is the perennial link between Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, just as Hausa and Kanuri link Nigeria and Niger, and Yoruba between Nigeria and Benin. |
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| We have scored many victories in this area, including the removal from the List of World Heritage in Danger of the Royal Palaces of Abomey in Benin and the Walled City of Baku in Azerbaijan. |
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| As the experiences with its land projects in Mali, Ghana, Mozambique and Benin make plain, the MCC is playing a key role in commodifying Africa's farmlands and opening them up to US agribusiness. |
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| Today, in a city like Cotonou in Benin, there are over twelve daily newspapers, all but one are privately owned, and almost every year a new title appears on the newsstand. |
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| The organisation had already established plans to construct a clinic to help address the orthopaedic needs in the local area, as well as southern Benin. |
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| And they witnessed a wild moment when the Mamba's quick throw-in restarted play as the Benin goalkeeper Yoann Djidounou ambled back after coming out of his box to boot the ball into the supposed safety of the touchline. |
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| The channel has been transmitting in Standard Definition in Benin, both terrestrially and by satellite. |
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| His wish was granted: group rivals Ghana, Benin and Sudan are theoretically all beatable, placing the fate of Sissoko and Co very much in their own hands. |
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| The US, Britain, France and the European Union are backing the creation of a multinational force of 8,750 troops led by Nigeria and Chad with contingents from Cameroon, Niger and Benin. |
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| The African Reparations Movement, which is aware of this inhibition, stresses that it is approaching museums on behalf of the Oba of Benin, not the federal government. |
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| What explanation is the Minister for La Francophonie going to give to our colleagues in Rwanda, Niger, Burkina Faso, Benin and all the other countries now excluded from priority bilateral aid from Canada? |
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| The community of Lopko in Benin got its water and sanitation system through the efforts of Rotarians from Cotonou, with support fromThe Rotary Foundation and the Rotary Club of BitontoTerre dell'olio in Italy. |
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| Benin calls on Member States in particular to see the third pillar for what it is and to resituate it in the context of the collective security regime established by the Charter. |
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| This regional project, also covering Benin, Burkina Faso and Senegal, was contributing to an improvement in the detection of TB and subsequent follow-up. |
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| The average household in Benin has 5.6 members. |
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| Other considerations include that of the emblem of tirelessness osamasinmi, of the Owo and Benin ancestral altar. |
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| Because the Bight of Benin is part of the North Atlantic, this is the second population known to annually migrate across the equator to breed after the Colombian population in the Pacific Ocean. |
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| In support of the Delegations of Benin and South Africa, the Delegation of Zimbabwe considered that there seemed to be too many activities within Africa 2009, and that ICCROM seemed to be overstretching its capabilities. |
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| In Benin, the Delegation drew up a comparison for each budget year between the rate of health sector expenditure and the objectives that appeared in the financing Agreements. |
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| The Delegation of Benin supported the Draft Resolution in principal, but pointed out that it was necessary to clarify whether the deadline is 48 hours before the opening of the election or the opening of the General Assembly. |
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| Yayi Boni, the new president of Benin, assured us not only of his support but also of his will to work with us to create solutions that everyone in his country has been waiting for. |
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| This zone is relatively close to the capital city of Niamey, and to neighbouring Benin and Nigeria, so there are strong and plentiful trade links. |
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| In Benin, for example, they are responsible for intercepting children and handing them over to NGOs for their recovery and reintegration while traffickers are prosecuted. |
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| The Delegation of Benin said that the working document was too arid and should have been more exhaustive to reflect in a clearer way the progress made. |
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| In summary, following promising developments in countries such as Mali, Benin and Liberia, it is a crying shame that a regional superpower such as Nigeria has missed a great opportunity. |
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| Thirty years ago, William Fagg created the term of « Lower Niger Bronze Industry » in order to distinguish a group of small bronzes from the Benin bronze corpus. |
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| Footballing authorities in Benin have decided to drop the nationl team's long-time nickname of The Squirrels in the belief it is uncomplimentary, the country's sports ministry have announced. |
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| At its apogee in the 16th and 17th centuries, Benin encompassed parts of southeastern Yorubaland and the western Igbo. |
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| The long story of African Art includes both high sculpture, perhaps typified by the brass castings of the Benin people, as well as folk art. |
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| The Benin Kingdom was ended by the British in 1897, and little of the historical art now remains in Nigeria. |
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| The year was 1985 and she was invited to Benin City, Nigeria to document photographically the ritual clothing of traditional priests and priestess. |
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| Benin has achieved impressive economic growth in the past five years, with reasonably low inflation. |
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| A nation of ethnic and religious diversity, Benin is also incredibly youthful. |
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| We have also succeeded in shaking up long-held ancestral beliefs and social taboos, making it possible to provide better treatment for all diseases in Benin. |
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| The United States established diplomatic relations with Benin in 1960, following its independence from France. |
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| Moreover, the monument can also be perceived as a reaction against the growing proliferation of Pentecostalist churches in Benin. |
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| By 2015, Starwood will open three additional hotels in Nigeria, one property in Benin City and two in Lagos. |
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| The GHF is located in Oredo field approximately 35 km south of Benin City in Edo State. |
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| In Benin, where campaign rallies are all about distributing cash and promises of patronage, holding town-hall meetings instead cut clientelism among voters. |
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| He visited Benin City and compared the city's sophistication to the best of Amsterdam. |
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| They were nearing the end of a 192-mile taxi ride from Lagos airport to Benin City, where they were to meet relatives. |
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| In May 2014 Benin, Chad, Cameroon and Niger joined Nigeria in a united effort to combat Boko Haram in the aftermath of the 2014 Chibok kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls. |
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| Lacking verticality The Benin striker headed wide after beating Simon Mignolet to an early free-kick and his presence regularly sowed unease in a hesitant Liverpool defence. |
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| He obtained his Bachelor Degree in Agronomy and his Master of Science Degree in Agricultural Engineering at the University of Abomey Calavi in Benin. |
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| Addressing devotees at Abomey, Benin, high priest Dah Aligbonon offered prayers and sacrifices as part of the West African state's national voodoo day. |
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| The impacted airports are those in Benin, Calabar, Enugu, Ibadan, Ilorin, Owerri, Jos, Kaduna, Maiduguri, Katsina, Minna, Sokoto, Zaria, Gombe and Bauchi. |
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| Against these backgrounds, this study aimed to determine the bacterial prevalence of LRTIs among children attending a tertiary hospital in Benin City, Nigeria. |
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| Lome serves as a transit point for drugs on their way to Benin, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Niger on overland routes and ultimately to Europe. |
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| In Benin, the minister of family affairs has commissioned a study of violence to evaluate the scale and motivity of violence against women in the country. |
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| The Kingdom of Benin, for instance, participated in the African slave trade, at will, from 1715 to 1735, surprising Dutch traders, who had not expected to buy slaves in Benin. |
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| The objective of the Youth Employment Project is to improve access to employment skills and employment opportunities for underemployed youth in Benin. |
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| Around the beginning of the modern era, the Benin Empire was an independent trading power in West Africa, blocking the access of other inland nations to the coastal ports. |
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| By the late 15th century Benin was in contact with Portugal. |
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| By 1479, the Portuguese were transporting slaves from as far away as Benin, accounted for 10 percent of the trade in Elmina, and were used to clear land for tillage. |
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| Government sources in both Chad and Benin on Saturday said Djotodia would go into exile in Benin, where he arrived in an official Chadian plane on Saturday. |
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| The licence gives Etisalat Benin the right to provide 3G and 4G services and any other mobile telecoms technology that becomes available for the next 20 years. |
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| Earlier, Mr Burke read his May 2010 letter of resignation as Archbishop of Benin city in which he apologised for the hurt he had caused Ms Atwood and her family. |
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| The trading of children has been reported in modern Nigeria and Benin. |
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| The pidgin English or Nigerian English is widely spoken within the Niger Delta Regions, predominately in Warri, Sapele, Port Harcourt, Agenebode, Ewu, and Benin City. |
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| The Oyo Empire experienced its golden age, as did the Benin Empire. |
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