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Yayi Boni won about 75% of the votes on Sunday Officials in Benin have announced that Yayi Boni is the country's new leader. Mr Boni won almost 75% of the vote in Sunday's run-off presidential election with Adrien Houngbedji, the country's election commission said. He will be sworn in on 6 April to replace long-time leader Mathieu Kerekou, whose age...
Benin, formerly known as Dahomey, has emerged as a beacon of democracy and is one of Africa's most stable nations. In the first decade after independence in 1960 it was ruled by a succession of military leaders until Major Mathieu Kerekou seized power in 1972 and gradually restored civilian rule.
The African kingdom of Dahomey originated in Benin.
Present day Benin was the site of Dahomey, a prominent West African kingdom that rose in the 15th century. The territory became a French Colony in 1872 and achieved independence on 1 August 1960, as the Republic of Benin. A succession of military governments ended in 1972 with the rise to power of Mathieu KEREKOU and the establishment of a government...
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Angola is slowly rebuilding its country after the end of a 27-year civil war in 2002. Fighting between the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), led by Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS, and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), led by Jonas SAVIMBI, followed independence from Portugal in 1975. Peace seemed imminent...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 1575 Portuguese settlement established at Luanda (however no attempts made to settle inland until the late 1900's). * Until the late 1900's Portugal used the area as a "slave pool" for its far more lucrative colony in Brazil and to benefit from the occasional discovery...
The Angola Educational Assistance Fund has been created to help establish the highest possible standard for academic education in the country of Angola by supporting the establishment of the Catholic University of Angola, by promoting collaboration between organizations and schools in Angola and abroad, and by encouraging the involvement of the private...
General Information for Angola Country: Angola Location: Central Africa Independence: November 11, 1975 Nationality: Angolan Capital City: Luanda Population: 10,145,267 Important Cities: Jamba, Huambo, Caxito Head of State: Edouardo dos Santos Area: 1,246,699 sq.km. Type of Government: Republic Currency: 183 A kwazas=1 USD Major peoples: Ovimbundu,Kongo,Kimbundu...
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