Rhythmo de Cotonou, Vol. 1: Vodoun Effect - Funk and Sato from Benin'sobscure Labels 19 [VINYL]
FIBA (Free subscription) | yesterday
OUIDAH (FIBA Africa Champions Club for Men Zone-III Qualifiers) - Secretary General of ASPAC basketball club of Cotonou, Jean Paul is confident that the club will make it to the final round of the 2009 FIBA Africa Champions Club for Men billed for Kigali, Rwanda between December 11 and 20. Speaking with our correspondent in Cotonou recently, the ...
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Liberia Basketball Federation champions NPA 'deadly' Pythons arrived Wednesday in Cotonou, Benin for the weeklong AFIBA competition, NPA Sports Association President Sacku Kanneh affirmed shortly after arrival.
EagleSpeak (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Pirates Attack Oil Tanker Off Benin : Pirates have attacked a Monrovia-flagged oil tanker off the coast of the West African country of Benin, killing one seaman, officials said Tuesday. According to Benin's naval forces, the attack on the 230-meter long Cancale Star took place some 18 nautical miles off the country's coast. The vessel's chief engineer, a Ukrainian, was killed in the attack, which also...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
COTONOU (Reuters) - Pirates attacked an oil tanker off Benin, killing a Ukrainian crew member and stealing the contents of the ship's safe, the head of the West African country's navy said on Tuesday.
FIBA (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
NAIROBI (15th FIBA Africa club championships for women) - Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) team traveled to Cotonou, Benin for the 15th FIBA Africa club championships for women as heroines of the Zone Five, they returned home with their heads sagging on to their chests. Why does this club that has ruled the Kenyan and regional basketball scene once again ...
FIBA (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
LAGOS (15th FIBA Africa Champions Club for Women) - Newly crowned African female clubs champions First Bank of Nigeria returned to Lagos by midday on Monday after their Sunday defeat of ABC of Cote d’Ivoire to emerge the 2009 continental champions. The Nigerian league champions defeated the Ivorian ladies 64-55 in the final match played in Cotonou, ...
FIBA (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
COTONOU (15th FIBA Africa Champions Club for Women) - Immediate past champion of FIBA Africa Champions Club for Women, Desportivo basketball club of Mozambique Sunday evening at the Palais des Sports arena; Cotonou, Benin Republic refused to go home empty handed in the 2009 edition of the competition with a 57-50 points win over Interclube basketball club ...
FIBA (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
COTONOU (15th FIBA Africa Champions Club for Women) - Nigeria First Bank basketball club Sunday night defeated Abidjan Basket Club, ABC to the 2009 edition of the FIBA Africa Champions Club for Women crown by 64-55 points. The Nigeria who earned a FIBA Africa wild-card did not drop a game enroute to being crown champion after six years of playing second ...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Emmanuel Gbevegnon met his wife, Eriko Hidaka, in 1995 in Niger. Eriko, a native of Yakushima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, was there to help with vaccination activities, using her experience as a nurse. Emmanuel, a native of the city of Cotonou in Benin, a country next to Niger with a population of about 9.3 million, was there on business.
FIBA (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
COTONOU (15th FIBA Africa Champions Club for Women) - Losing a last minute opportunity to top group-B of the 15th FIBA Africa Champions Club for Women, Interclube basketball club of Angola will have her hands full when they file out against Mozambique A’Politecnica in the second quarter-final on Friday. The Angola who enjoyed some blitz in her ...
FIBA (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
COTONOU (15th FIBA Africa Champions Club for Women) - Wild card entrant, First Bank basketball club of Nigeria Wednesday showed champion stuff with an emphatic 84-29 points pounding of Kenya Ports Authority in her last group-A game at the Palais des Sports arena, Cotonou, Benin Republic. The former champion won in all four-quarters by 22-06; 16-14; 26-01 ...
FIBA (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
COTONOU (FIBA Africa Champions Club for Women) - Eight teams have made their way to the quarter-final of the FIBA Africa Champions Club for Women holding in Cotonou, Benin Republic. In group-A First Bank look set to top the group with one game left for the winner of the 2003 edition of the continent most prestigious women club competition, other teams ...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Reviews of releases by Ithamara Koorax, Juarez Moreira, Egberto Gismonti, Group Doueh, Krallice and Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
The Farming First coalition wants world leaders meeting in Copenhagen next month to better support farmers on the frontline of climate change A global coalition of farmers, scientists, engineers, businesses and NGOs is calling on world leaders to channel aid for agriculture through farmers' associations to ensure the money gets to those who need it – the farmers. Farming First , which represents...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Until recently, the villages of Hon and Koussoukpa, like many others, (100 kilometers from Cotonou, Benin's economic capital) got their light from oil lamps and candles, suffering all the damage to health and the environment. The darkness also emphasized the sense of danger and rural isolation.
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