Benin

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PRAYER POINTS

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INTRODUCTION

Micah Network and Micah Challenge are both active in Benin through the facilitation of DEDRAS.
You can find lots more information on Benin at the World Fact Book or on the BBC Country Profile.

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  • 02.02.2012

    Amahoro

    SOUTHERN & CENTRAL AFRICA: A short film introducing the work of Amahoro Africa to gather pioneering and emerging leaders together from across the continent to talk about mission and theology.

  • 02.02.2012

    Soul Action South Africa

    In this short film, Phil & Rach Bowyer share the story of Soul Action South Africa, the network of NGOs and church ministries they facilitate in Durban, and how they’re trying to celebrate all that God is doing in South Africa.

  • 02.02.2012

    Transformation in Sierra Leone

    A short film of Francis Wahome from Tearfund introducing Church & Community Mobilisation, featuring two stories of how it’s helping communities take their futures into their own hands.

  • 22.10.2011

    Life Changing

    ETHIOPIA: ”Life changing”. Occasionally you hear or read that phrase only to find it being used to describe something that, to put it charitably, isn’t. From a new car model to a low interest rate on a credit card, the thing being hyped is undoubtedly good. But life changing? During our August, 2010 visit with partners [...]

  • 22.10.2011

    New well strengthens relationships

    NIGERIA: The Dasso church in Mumuye (Taraba state) was envisioned on the first stage of CCMP. They were delighted and saw the need to mobilize the community for a project. The community agreed to dig a community well to serve the whole community. The community had been drinking water from the stream. This will strengthen the [...]

Full name
Republic of Benin
Population
9,325,032 (July 2011 est.)
Capital
Porto-Novo
Full area
112,622 sq km
Major Languages
Major Religions
,
Life expectancy
59.84 years
Monetary unit
CFA (Communaute Financiere Africaine) franc
Main exports
cotton, cashews, shea butter, textiles, palm products, seafood
GDP
$1,500 (2010 est.) per capita

COUNTRY NEWS

News from: Irin News

  • FOOD: Power to the people!

    JOHANNESBURG 15 May 2012 (IRIN) - The UN Development Programme (UNDP) launched its first Africa Human Development Report today, stressing food security as a means to a better quality of life for all.
  • CLIMATE CHANGE: Farmers and forecasts

    BINGERVILLE/DAKAR 02 April 2012 (IRIN) - Unpredictable rainfall in parts of Côte d’Ivoire cost some farmers over half of their harvest in 2011 producers told IRIN, but, armed with more knowledge ab. […]
  • WEST AFRICA: The downside of foreign land acquisitions

    DAKAR 19 January 2012 (IRIN) - Population growth and rising consumption by a minority of people around the world are fuelling global land acquisitions and Africa is a “prime target”, says the Inte. […]