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In the News (Thu 31 Dec 09)

  
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Parakou, derived from a Dendi word meaning "La Ville de Tout le Monde" (the city of everyone) is easily the most diverse city in Bénin with an outstanding mixture of Benin's many ethnicities: Bariba, Dendi, Somba, Fon, Gun, Mina, Dita Mari, Berba, Zarma, Ibo, Yoruba, Nagot, Hausa, Kabrais, Warma, Peulh, and Tuareg.
Located a few kilometers from Parakou, it offers a variety of vegetarian products for sale (such as soy milk) and also boasts a telecenter for those looking to send or receive e-mails.
Among the recommended dishes here are couscous, ignâme pilé (a yam dish popular with both locals and taourists), rice, fish, chicken, wagasi, boules de sesame (little balls of sesame in a red sauce), sauce gombo (made with okra), sauce legume (made with a local spinach-like leaf) and mutton.
www.benintourisme.com /ang/places/borgou/dth.borgou2.htm   (1244 words)

  
 Le Bénin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Parakou, a city surrounded with natural sights such as the falls of Koudou Nikki and the villages of Tourou and Gnou for their potteries.
The eastern road is the main trunk road of the territory, as it leads to Niamey through Savè, Parakou and Kandi.
Parakou is a picturesque place for tours in an area abounding with game: Nikki, Tchaourou, Béttérou, Ouari Maro.
www.gouv.bj /en/benin/tourisme/parakou.php   (174 words)

  
 RHWO : Meetings & News : Newsletters : March 2006
Parakou is a city in the northern part of Benin.
One pastor who had chosen not to cooperate with the crusade in Parakou and had written notices against such an outreach for miracles had a complete turn around in his attitude because of one miraculous testimony.
Parakou received "New Fire" and thousands of souls were born into the Kingdom of God because one man received the power of God to become a greater witness in his nation.
www.wo.org /meetings_newsletters_2006-03.php   (1319 words)

  
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 Hafkin Prize - APC
Parakou is the main town in North Benin, and is 415km from Cotonou, the economic capital.
Wifi technology is unique in Parakou, and provides users with a rapid and unlimited connection without using telephone lines; that means that users no longer have to request a telephone line installation (the waiting period can be three months or more) and they therefore do not pay telephone bills to access the internet.
The experience gained in Parakou is exportable and another project called AliboriNET is under evaluation, with a view to exporting the BorgouNET concept to the town of Kandi (a town 200 km from Parakou in the far north of Benin).
www.apc.org /english/hafkin/2004/finalists.shtml?cmd[810]=x-797-31358   (2117 words)

  
 Parakou - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Located at the head of the railroad from Cotonou, it is the distribution center for N Benin and Niger.
Parakou has an airstrip and a textile research center.
Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Parakou" at HighBeam.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-parakou.html   (170 words)

  
 Parakou:: Site officiel du tourisme au Bénin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Parakou est à coup sûr la ville la plus diverse du Bénin, avec un grand mélange de plusieurs ethnies du pays : Bariba, Dendi, Somba, Fon, Goun, Mina, Dita Mari, Berba, Zarma, Ibo, Yoruba, Nagot, Haoussa, Kabrais, Warma, Peulh et Touareg.
Situé à quelques kilomètres de Parakou, il offre une variété de produits végétaux pour la vente (tels que le lait de soja) et tire également une légitime fierté des services de télé-centre qu'il organise à l'intention de ceux qui veulent envoyer et recevoir du courrier électronique.
Il y a deux principaux moyens de transport pour se rendre à Parakou : les taxis de brousse et le bus.
www.benintourisme.com /fr/interne.php?idrub=2&id=12   (836 words)

  
 Malaria Journal | Full text | Screening of pesticide residues in soil and water samples from agricultural settings
The Parakou vegetable farm is located in the town of Parakou.
In the vegetable farm of Parakou, Anopheles species collected were susceptible to pyrethroids despite the use of insecticides in the locality against pests.
This hypothesis probably explains similarities in data recorded in Parakou, where hatching rates of the resistant Ladji strain did not appear to be influenced by artificial breeding sites generated with water from watering pools of Parakou and those from top soil mixed with CREC-water (63.4% and 62.2% respectively for the two sets of artificial sites).
www.malariajournal.com /content/5/1/22   (4713 words)

  
 Cholera outbreak in north following heavy rain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The water-borne disease is frequently associated with the contamination of drinking water, especially during the rainy season.
The officials in Parakou, 415 km north of the capital Cotonou, said the first case of cholera was recorded on 26 September.
By 10 November a total of 49 cases of the disease had been reported in Borgou district of which Parakou is the capital, they added.
www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=37841   (285 words)

  
 The Shea Network : Benin
In 1989, a study of parkland management was conducted north of Parakou by the Forestry Research Unit, Cotonou, and the Centre Technique Forestier Tropical (CTFT) (Agbahungba and Depommier 1989).
A soap factory at Parakou (BKA) has been established with support from CECI and the Institut Régional de Coopération pour le Développement (IRCOD); soap produced at BKA is sold locally, and is also exported.
Also in Parakou, the Enterprise Olounyin Inter (EOI) operates as an intermediary between primary and secondary collectors of sheanut and exporters, the largest of which is the Société Knar-Bénin, which exports sheanut primarily to the UK for use as a cocoa-butter equivalent.
thesheanetwork.net /benin.html   (492 words)

  
 World Education - Feature Stories - Benin: Breaking the Silence in Schools - HIV/AIDS Activities in Benin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The most successful showings have been at the Foyer des Jeunes Filles, a residential girls' facility located at Parakou's Lycee Mathieu Bouke, where the girls were very open in the absence of boys, parents, and male teachers.
For example, an official from the Blood Bank in Parakou talks openly with audiences about a personal friend who is dying from AIDS.
In addition to the screenings in Parakou, World Education and its partners, CAEB and Equi-Filles, have organized an AIDS Day parade in the city and round-table discussions on three local radio stations.
www.worlded.org /weiinternet/features/breaking_silence.cfm?type=print   (664 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Parakou (Benin Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Parakou (Benin Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
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It is the trade center for a cotton, grain, and livestock-raising area.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Parakou.html   (142 words)

  
 Houses / homes for sale or for rent in Parakou - Vacation Rental   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
If you are considering buying real estate in Parakou, or anywhere else for that matter, the most widely used method of borrowing the funds to make the purchase is a mortgage.
When renting a home in Parakou you are usually limited to the changes/improvements you can make.
In many cases vacation rentals in Parakou are offered by the owners of the property but in some instances real estate agents offer vacation rentals in Parakou.
www.propertyworld.com /_Benin_Benin_Parakou   (831 words)

  
 Parakou, Benin
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Parakou a town in central Benin, a trade and an administrative centre of Borgou region.
www.odyssei.com /destinations/12139.html   (192 words)

  
 Songhai Center - Songhai center parakou
The Songhai site at Atagara is a school farm, situated 80km to the east of the city of Parakou on the Parakou-Pèrèré route in the Borgou region.
The Parakou area is a crossroads to the Sahel.
Like the other training centers of Songhai, Parakou receives young men and women for an 18-month training period each semester.
www.songhai.org /songhai_en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=30   (339 words)

  
 The Republic of Benin and Badea sign A us $ 3.2 million loan Agreement and an agreement concerning Benin Debt relief of ...
March 2004, a loan agreement was signed between the Republic of Benin and the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA).
The Loan of the project of the construction of University's Residences at Porto Novo Campus in the University of Parakou, Phase1: Construction of two Residential Units project, will be repaid in 30 years including a grace period of 6 years and at an annual interest rate of 1%.
The project aims at providing living facility to the students of the University of Parakou and the University Center of Porto Novo.
www.badea.org /en/20040306.html   (350 words)

  
 Parakou Hotels
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 Benin Hotels - Hébergement et tourisme à Parakou
Chef lieu du département du Borgou, Parakou est le terminus de la voie de chemin de fer Cotonou –; Parakou.
Parakou est la ville la plus importante du nord du Bénin.
De Parakou, il est possible de se diriger vers le nord – ouest par la bonne route bitumée de 130km qui mène à Djougou.
www.hotels-benin.com /auberge/parakou.php   (184 words)

  
 Benin Travel Tips and Advice | iExplore.com
The railway line from Parakou (via Gaya) to Niamey in Niger, currently under construction, will provide the first rail link into Niger.
There are at least three good main roads: one connecting Cotonou with Niamey in Niger; another connecting Lagos with Porto Novo, Cotonou, Lomé and Accra; and a third connecting Parakou with Kara in Togo.
Upholstered seats are available only in first-class cars and these exist only on the route to Parakou.
www.africa.com /dmap/Benin/Do's+and+Don'ts   (443 words)

  
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 Parakou Region Map: Amawihon — Yakassirou | Benin Google Satellite Maps
Regions are sorted in alphabetical order from level 1 to level 2 and eventually up to level 3 regions.
You are in Parakou (Borgou, Benin), administrative region of level 2.
If you would like to recommend this Parakou map page to a friend, or if you just want to send yourself a reminder, here is the easy way to do it.
www.maplandia.com /benin/borgou/parakou   (622 words)

  
 Gaye Adegbalola - Gallery #2: Benin, Africa
This shrine, a doorway carved with the images of slaves in chains, and abstract metal statues on each side, marks the passage way to the slaveships.
On our ride north, from the city of Coutonou to Parakou, we passed many villages.
Ambassador Bridgewater views the books she presented to the University in Parakou from USAID.
www.adegbalola.com /gallery_02.html   (385 words)

  
 Benin | Travel By Air, Water & Road | Travel Times
Children aged under four travel free and children aged four to nine pay half fare.
Approximate travel times from Cotonou to Parakou is 12 to 14 hours, to Segboroué is two hours 30 minutes and to Pobé is four hours.
The roads are, however, in reasonably good condition (although some are poorly lit) and many of those which run from Cotonou to Dassa, and Parakou to Malanville, are paved.
www.worldtravelguide.net /country/32/internal_travel/Africa/Benin.html   (234 words)

  
 Coopération décentralisée entre Parakou et Orléans - La France au Bénin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Concernant l’appui institutionnel, la mairie d’Orléans reçoit depuis environ 10 ans les cadres A de Parakou occupant des fonctions de directeurs ou de chefs de services.
De plus, la Ville de Parakou développe depuis 1996, en partenariat avec Orléans, une logique de communication municipale avec la réalisation de plaquettes, de bulletins d’information et l’organisation d’un Festival Artistique et Culturel de KOBOUROU couplé avec les Journées Portes Ouvertes sur le partenariat Parakou-Orléans.
De nombreuses structures publiques ou de la société civile de la ville de Parakou sont désireuses de profiter de la coopération entre Parakou et Orléans pour entrer en partenariat avec leurs homologues de la Ville d’Orléans.
www.ambafrance-bj.org /article.php3?id_article=322   (550 words)

  
 Enjoytravellife - Parakou travel guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Parakou travel guide - The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and what to see
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www.enjoytravellife.com /africa/benin/parakou.htm   (82 words)

  
 Stockholm Challenge Award   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In the year 2000, this town of 150 000 inhabitants had analogic telephone lines (which did not work very often: about one day over two) as the only way of communication with the outside world.
The activities of daily management are ensured by an executive director under the control of a board of directors chaired by the Archbishop's palace of Parakou.
We hope to be able to give a free access Internet to the whole of the centers of education of the town of Parakou and North Benine before March 2007.
www.stockholmchallenge.se /projectdata.asp?id=1&projectid=422   (737 words)

  
 Climate information for PARAKOU in Benin - Climate Zone
Climate information for PARAKOU in Benin - Climate Zone
The table below displays average monthly climate indicators in PARAKOU based on 8 years of historical weather readings.
PARAKOU 9 35 N, 2 61 E, 1289 feet (393 meters) above sea level.
www.climate-zone.com /climate/benin/celsius/parakou.htm   (68 words)

  
 Parakou Airport (PKO) Details - Benin
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www.world-airport-codes.com /benin/parakou-5657.html   (219 words)

  
 Home - Cotonou, Benin
The workshops were a unique and superb exercise in educating local artists and children about traditional American music.
The speaker’s five-day program in Parakou, Abomey and Cotonou included meeting with departmental government and decentralized officials, NGO leaders, and public lectures.
Donation of a VOA radio receiver to the Director of Fraternité Radio in Parakou, Mr.
usembassy.state.gov /benin   (452 words)

  
 Benin
Parakou station is the northern end of the line, here freight to and from Niger is switched between rail and road.
Images près et sur le Pont de Cotonou; Bilder bei und auf der Brücke von Cotonou; Pictures at and on the Cotonou bridge.
Mardi, Jeudi/Tuesday, Thursday/Dienstag, Donnerstag 19.15 > Parakou arr.
www.fahrplancenter.com /Benin.html   (466 words)

  
 Comparaison des prix pour le vol Parakou : 347€ (meilleur prix trouvé)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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