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01HANOI3186 | PRESIDENTIAL TRAVELS SHORE UP RELATIONS WITHIN ASEAN [...]U) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT LUONG'S RECENT TRAVELS TO FOUR FELLOW ASEAN MEMBERS PROMOTED GENERAL GOOD NEIGHBORLINESS AND COMMON DESIRES FOR [...] |
2001-12-04 10:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD PTER CB BN IN VM ASEAN PH CTERR |
02ABUJA3241 | NIGERIAN JOURNALIST SEEKING REFUGE IN U.S. [...]) Summary. Mr. Uzor Daniel, father of Ms. Isioma Daniel, the journalist whose controversial article sparked the recent riots in Niger[...] |
2002-11-29 17:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PINR CVIS PGOV NI BN |
03HANOI1422 | VIETNAM REACHING OUT TO AFRICA [...]SBU) SUMMARY. As another symbol of how Vietnam prizes the diversity of its diplomatic contacts and seeks to maintain its third world [...] |
2003-06-10 09:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EAID IV NI MA GV PU BN SG ZI RW AO SF MO WA CM VM MZ |
04LAGOS300 | NIGERIA: CHILD TRAFFICKING IN OGUN STATE [...]SBU) SUMMARY: On February 3 POLOFF visited quarry sites in Ogun State where trafficked Beninese children had been rescued in September[...] |
2004-02-06 16:04:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR SOCI SMIG KOCI NI BN |
05ACCRA800 | SERIOUS REFUGEE FLOWS OUT OF TOGO BEGIN [...]SBU) According to UNHCR Representative Rafik Saiki, who is based in Cotonou, some 4,000 refugees have arrived in Benin from Togo as o[...] |
2005-04-28 16:53:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH TO BN PREF |
05ACCRA828 | NUMBER OF TOGOLESE REFUGEES SWELLS TO 16,000 [...]efugees continue to surge across Togo's borders with Benin and Ghana. According to UNHCR, the number in Benin reached 9,874 as of 10 [...] |
2005-05-03 18:06:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | GH BN TO PREF |
05PARIS439 | FRANCE AND WEST AFRICA [...]) SUMMARY: This is the last of a series of messages (reftels) briefly summarizing French relations with African nations. For the las[...] |
2005-01-25 13:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BN UV CV GA GH GV PU IV LI ML MR NG NI SG SL TO XY FR |
05PARIS7506 | FRENCH SAY BENIN UNDER "STRONG PRESSURE" ON BURMA [...][...] |
2005-11-03 15:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BN BM FR UNSC |
05PARIS7953 | FRENCH SUPPORT BRINGING BURMA BEFORE THE UNSC [...][...] |
2005-11-22 14:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BN BM FR UNSC |
06ABUJA1605 | ABUJA APPROVES RESEARCH PROJECT NO. AI069919 01 [...]e U.S. Mission Abuja appreciates the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) patience concerning the Mission's reply to ref proposed res[...] |
2006-06-26 16:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA BN IV GA ML NI SG |
06ACCRA1688 | SOME TOGOLESE REFUGEES REPATRIATING [...]BU) SUMMARY: A recent UNHCR registration revealed that the overall count of Togolese refugees who fled into Ghana's Volta Region in 2[...] |
2006-07-24 08:44:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM TO BN GH |
06COTONOU1107 | SCENE SETTER FOR GULF OF GUINEA MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE, [...]BU) SUMMARY: Post welcomes your participation in the Government of Benin (GOB)-ACSS hosted Gulf of Guinea Ministerial Conference on Ma[...] |
2006-11-07 14:04:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR MASS PREL PGOV PINR CASC BN |
06COTONOU1112 | BENIN: AMENDING CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION DEMARCHE [...][...] |
2006-11-08 13:43:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA BN |
06COTONOU1118 | BENIN: SCENE SETTER FOR EUCOM AND NAVEUR PARTICIPATION IN [...]BU) SUMMARY: Post welcomes your participation in the NAVEUR/ACSS-sponsored Gulf of Guinea Maritime Safety and Security (MSS) Ministeri[...] |
2006-11-09 08:01:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR MASS PREL PGOV PINR BN |
06COTONOU1148 | BENIN: DEMARCHES ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS DELIVERED [...][...] |
2006-11-21 14:44:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PHUM PREL PTER BN |
06COTONOU1149 | BENIN: MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE A SUCCESS [...]) SUMMARY: The Government of Benin hosted a ministerial conference on "Maritime Safety and Security in the Gulf of Guinea" in Cotonou[...] |
2006-11-21 15:46:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS ETRD ECON MARR KMCA PGOV PREL BN EWWT |
06COTONOU1153 | BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI FIRES TRANSPORT AND PORTS MINISTER [...]) SUMMARY: On November 20, President Yayi dismissed the Minister for Transports, Public Works and Urban Development, Mr. Alexandre Dos[...] |
2006-11-22 13:12:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR BN EWWT |
06COTONOU1165 | BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI DECLARES FREE EDUCATION FOR PRIMARY [...]n early November 2006, President Boni Yayi announced that primary and pre-primary education would be "free," meaning that schools woul[...] |
2006-11-28 14:52:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SCUL PREL BN |
06COTONOU1167 | BENIN: 2006-2007 COTTON HARVEST IN JEOPARDY [...]BU) SUMMARY: Late rains had compelled Benin's cotton experts to revise their 2006-2007 harvest estimates from 500,000 tons (the GOB's [...] |
2006-11-29 09:35:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EINV PGOV BN |
06COTONOU1168 | BENIN BORDER ARREST OF TWO CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC [...]) On November 27, Beninese media reported the recent arrest by Beninese Customs of two Central African Republic nationals at the Benin[...] |
2006-11-29 13:26:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR ASEC CT BN |
06COTONOU1176 | COTTON CHAOS CLAIMS A VICTIM: PRESIDENT YAYI FIRES HIS [...]MMARY: Mr. Roger Dovonou is Benin's new Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fishing, replacing Mr. Gaston Dossouhoui. Dosso[...] |
2006-12-04 04:50:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EINV PGOV PINR BN |
06COTONOU1187 | COTTON PRICE FOR 2006-2007 CAMPAIGN SET [...]sterday President Yayi personally announced to cotton farmers that the national purchase price for the 2006-2007 season would be 0.35 [...] |
2006-12-06 15:34:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EINV PGOV PINR BN |
06COTONOU1198 | BENIN: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF INITIAL AUDITS OF [...]) SUMMARY: The GoB has announced the much-anticipated results of the audits of twenty-one ministries and several major parastatals for[...] |
2006-12-11 12:54:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KMCA BN |
06COTONOU1199 | BENIN: CWC IMPLEMENTATION DEMARCHE [...]BU) On October 26 Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel talking points to Thomas Adoumasse, Director of the MFA's Office of International [...] |
2006-12-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW AF BWC BN |
06COTONOU1202 | BENIN: UNSCR 1718 IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS [...]BU) On December 11 embassy delivered REF A report text to Mr. Bienvenu Houngbedji of the MFA's International Organizations office to f[...] |
2006-12-11 14:37:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL XX KN BN |
06COTONOU1203 | TERRORIST FINANCE: USG DESIGNATION OF [...]BU) Embassy delivered demarche in reftel December 7 to US Desk Officer Mr. Randal Oguidan of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Departme[...] |
2006-12-11 14:43:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XR BN |
06COTONOU1212 | BENIN: GOB DIP NOTE ON GOB EFFORTS TO COMBAT CHILD [...] October 5 the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Government of Benin, which presented the government's comments on the June,[...] |
2006-12-13 12:09:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM SMIG KWMN BN |
06COTONOU1213 | BENIN: LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS SET FOR MARCH 25, 2007; GOB [...]) SUMMARY: Benin's Council of Ministers on December 9 set the date for the upcoming legislative elections as March 25, 2007. This lau[...] |
2006-12-14 07:41:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID BN |
06COTONOU1225 | BENIN: MINISTRY OF HEALTH INAUGURATES TWO-WAY RADIO NETWORK [...]n December 8, Benin's Minister of Health, Dr. Flore Gangbo, together with representatives of USAID, UNICEF, and WHO, officially launch[...] |
2006-12-20 10:02:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SCUL PREL BN |
06COTONOU1227 | JOURNALISTS APPEAL FOR RELEASE OF IMPRISONED EDITOR AND [...]MMARY: Two professional media associations have publicly appealed for the release of an editor and a journalist sentenced to six mont[...] |
2006-12-21 13:14:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PROV PHUM KPAO BN |
06COTONOU1228 | BENIN: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...]is cable responds to the Department's request for information for the Worst Forms of Child Labor report (Ref A). LAWS AND ENF[...] |
2006-12-22 05:54:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID BN |
06COTONOU1229 | REGIONAL AGRICULTURE ATTACHE VISIT TO BENIN/GOB PLEA FOR [...]ummary: This is an Action Request - please see para 6. Regional Agriculture Attache Robert Hanson traveled to Cotonou Dec 17-20 and m[...] |
2006-12-22 06:13:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID BN |
06COTONOU1231 | BENIN: PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS REFERRAL OF TWO [...] December 21, 2006, after examining a report from a parliamentary investigative committee, the Legal Committee of the National Assembl[...] |
2006-12-22 09:26:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA BN |
06COTONOU1242 | BENIN: OFFICIAL NEWPAPER AND OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AT [...]llowing an interview on the President's Malaria Initiative (septel), Ephrem Dossavi-Messy, a reporter for the official GOB newspaper L[...] |
2006-12-28 13:14:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PROV PHUM KPAO BN |
06COTONOU603 | BENIN: GOB DEMARCHED ON NAM STATEMENT AND OIC [...]) On June 19 Poloff delivered talking points in reftel demarches to Thomas Adoumasse, Director of International Organizations of the M[...] |
2006-06-21 10:51:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KNNP UNSC BN |
06COTONOU878 | BENIN: NAM SUMMIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA [...]BU) On September 5 Poloff demarched Mr. Bienvenue Houngbedji of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' International Organizations Office, a[...] |
2006-09-11 16:46:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM BN |
06COTONOU887 | AMBASSADOR'S PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT BONI [...]) This isan acton request. Please see para 11. SUMMARY ------ ¶2. (SBU) President Boni Yayi, in his firs[...] |
2006-09-13 17:47:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC AMGT EAID BN |
06COTONOU893 | BENIN: DEMARCHE ON NAM TOPICS DELIVERED [...][...] |
2006-09-15 10:02:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM BN |
06COTONOU918 | BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI VISITS CHINA TO BOOST TIES [...]MMARY: Since taking office in April 2006, President Yayi has traveled abroad extensively. The latest visit in this diplomatic offensi[...] |
2006-09-20 16:44:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EPET ETRD CH BN |
06COTONOU927 | JOURNALISTS DETAINED AFTER ALLEGEDLY DEFAMING PRESIDENT'S [...]) Summary: Police arrested and jailed three journalists September 15 for violating the libel law and released them September ¶18. [...] |
2006-09-21 15:01:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO BN |
06COTONOU937 | BENIN: UPDATE ON 2006-2007 COTTON SEASON [...]MMARY: On September 6-7, 2006, President Boni Yayi and his Minister of Agriculture toured cotton producing zones in northern Benin to [...] |
2006-09-26 10:40:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV BN |
06COTONOU944 | BENIN U.S. COAST GUARD ISPS COMPLIANCE TEAM VISIT CONCERNED [...]BU) SUMMARY: A four-man US Coast Guard delegation led by Mr. Peyton Coleman visited Benin August 27-30, 2006 to assess the Port of Cot[...] |
2006-09-28 09:20:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV BN |
06COTONOU989 | BENIN'S MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT COMPACT EBNTERS INTO [...]esident Yayi hosted a major ceremony to mark entry into force of Benin's Millennium Challenge Compact. The compact will focus on four[...] |
2006-10-12 11:48:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KMCA ECON PREL KCOR BN |
06COTONOU990 | BENIN: WHEREABOUTS OF CHANTAL DE SOUZA IDOHOU [...]) Please see action request in Paragraph 6. ¶2. (C) On September 28 LTC Alassane BOURANDI, Director of Military Intelligen[...] |
2006-10-12 13:48:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | OFDP CVIS KCOR PGOV PINR BN |
06FREETOWN957 | FREETOWN GRANTS G/TIP COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST [...]st welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Amy Lemar, Program Analyst for Africa in the Office to Monitor and Combat Tr[...] |
2006-11-22 14:52:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA KCRM KWMN PHUM ELAB SMIG NI BN SG SL |
06NAIROBI5001 | KENYA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WOMEN'S JUSTICE AND [...]ummary: Post reiterates our firm commitment to implementing the WJEI program in Kenya and looks forward to implementing an effective [...] |
2006-11-22 14:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SNAR SOCI PGOV PHUM KE SF BN ZA |
06NAIROBI5126 | THE PRESIDENT'S MALARIA INITIATIVE: KENYA [...]mmary. The Government of Kenya (GOK), represented by the Minister for Health, Mrs. Charity Ngilu, and Mr. Jackson Kinyanjui, External [...] |
2006-12-01 09:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | BN ET GH KE LI MA ML ZA |
06PARIS2067 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...]C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Zoellick on March 10 discussed Sudan, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, and the possible transfer of Charles [...] |
2006-03-30 13:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SU CD IV BN LI NI FR |
06USUNNEWYORK559 | BENIN: CEDAW CANDIDACY [...]ission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Benin to the United Nations requesting USG support for the ca[...] |
2006-03-22 14:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CEDAW UNAUS SOCI PHUM BN |
06VATICAN220 | VATICAN OFFICIAL INTERESTED IN BENIN BIOTECH [...]C) During a recent EB-sponsored speakers program, Emboff and visiting U.S. researchers met with Monsignor Jean Laffitte, Vice Preside[...] |
2006-10-19 11:18:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | BN VT EAGR EAID TBIO ECON |
07ACCRA294 | TOGOLESE REFUGEES IN GHANA NEARLY TWO YEARS ON [...]BU) SUMMARY: Nearly two years after Togolese refugees streamed across the Ghana border following post-election violence, the number o[...] |
2007-02-08 17:27:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM TO BN GH |
07ADDISABABA2185 | SOMALI TFG AMBASSADOR REVIEWS SOMALILAND, AMISOM, [...]) SUMMARY. According to Ambassador Abdulkarim Farah, the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia's (TFG) Ambassador to Ethiopia an[...] |
2007-07-13 08:18:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SO ET ER AU BN |
07COTONOU135 | NIGERIA'S SHORTAGES AID BENIN'S EFFORT TO CRACK DOWN ON [...]BU) SUMMARY: Recent gas shortages in Nigeria are helping to shift gasoline consumption patterns in Benin from the black market to the [...] |
2007-02-20 12:55:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETRD ECON EINV KCOR PGOV BN |
07COTONOU136 | BENIN: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...]r reftel, below is the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Benin. ¶2. Investment Climate Statement A.1.[...] |
2007-02-20 12:59:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON ETRD EFIN ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR PGOV BN |
07COTONOU144 | DEMARCHE ON THE CRISIS IN GUINEA: BENIN [...]) On February 20 we spoke with MFA Director for Africa and the Middle East Honore Theodore Ahimakin to deliver reftel demarche and to [...] |
2007-02-23 09:28:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BN |
07COTONOU154 | Golfe Broadcasters Convicted of Defamation, Fined and [...]he High Court of Justice in Cotonou ruled February 16 against Golfe media group President Ismael Soumanou, former Golfe FM Chief Edito[...] |
2007-03-01 03:40:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PROV PHUM KPAO BN |
07COTONOU159 | SCENESETTER FOR BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS, COTONOU, BENIN, [...]) SUMMARY: Post warmly welcomes your participation in the March 9, 2007 USG/GOB bilateral consultations. Your visit follows the Novem[...] |
2007-03-01 14:13:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ETRD PINR BN |
07COTONOU162 | BENIN'S COOPERATION WITH CHINA [...]BU) SUMMARY: In response to REF A, Benin and China have a strong and growing diplomatic, economic, and military relationship. Accordin[...] |
2007-03-02 13:17:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID CH BN |
07COTONOU217 | BENIN: LEGISLATIVE ELECTION PREPARATIONS CONTINUE AMID RISK [...]BU) SUMMARY: Two coalitions and one party seem to be the major contenders in Benin's March 25 legislative elections. Without clearly d[...] |
2007-03-21 11:51:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BN |
07COTONOU224 | BENIN: REDUCTION IN TOGOLESE REFUGEE POPULATION [...]BU) A UNHCR official told TDY PolOff on March 21 that the Togolese refugee population in Benin now stands at an estimated 5,900, down [...] |
2007-03-22 13:39:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM EAID BN |
07COTONOU225 | BENIN: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT INVALIDATES DISMISSAL OF [...]BU) On March 21, Benin's Constitutional Court held an emergency session to consider a petition from ousted National Election Commissio[...] |
2007-03-22 13:39:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BN |
07COTONOU25 | BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI APPOINTS NEW MINISTER OF JUSTICE [...] January 9, 2007, President Boni Yayi announced that his chief of staff, Nestor Dako, was being named as Minister of Justice and Spoke[...] |
2007-01-12 11:01:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KMCA BN |
07COTONOU272 | BENIN: PRESIDENT'S SUPPORTERS WIN PLURALITY IN LEGISLATURE, [...]te on April 5, the President of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENA), Mr. Eugene Capo-Chichi released to the press the[...] |
2007-04-06 09:59:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BN |
07COTONOU346 | BENIN: PRESIDENTIAL COALITION WINS PLURALITY OF VOTES AND [...]) SUMMARY: On May 4, Benin's National Assembly members, composed of the 83 legislators voted into office at the March 31 elections, se[...] |
2007-05-09 07:02:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BN |
07COTONOU366 | SCENESETTER FOR BENIN VISIT OF USN VICE ADMIRAL [...]) SUMMARY: Your visit to Benin on May 22 to discuss International Port Security and maritime cooperation and safety issues (REF A) wi[...] |
2007-05-18 05:49:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL PINR EWWT BN |
07COTONOU389 | BENIN: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE ISPS [...]MMARY: Ambassador delivered REF A demarche to the Minister of Transportation and Public Works and to the Acting Secretary General of t[...] |
2007-05-29 12:41:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV KHLS PTER BN |
07COTONOU4 | BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI DELIVERS STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS [...]MMARY: On December 29, Benin's President Boni Yayi delivered his first annual State of the Nation address at the National Assembly in[...] |
2007-01-04 04:52:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EINV BN |
07COTONOU440 | BENIN: PRESIDENT BONI YAYI RESHUFFLES HIS GOVERNMENT [...]BU) SUMMARY: President Boni Yayi reshuffled his cabinet on June ¶17. This move had been widely anticipated as a result of the April [...] |
2007-06-20 03:15:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN SOCI PINR BN |
07COTONOU447 | BENIN: GOVERNMENT TIGHTENS REGULATION OF GLOBAL SATELLITE [...]BU) SUMMARY: As part of an ongoing effort to rein in the country's freewheeling cell phone industry, the Government of Benin announced[...] |
2007-06-21 14:43:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS PGOV BN |
07COTONOU448 | BENIN PROPOSES TO INSTALL PORT SCANNER OUTSIDE MCC COMPACT, [...]is is an action message requesting input. Please see para 8 below. ¶2. SUMMARY: President Boni Yayi told the Ambassador [...] |
2007-06-21 14:44:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PREL PGOV EAID EFIN MCC BN |
07COTONOU477 | BENIN: UPDATE ON EFFORTS BY THE GOVERNMENT OF BENIN AND [...]BU) SUMMARY: In conjunction with President Yayi's program to fight corruption in the administration and advance good governance in the[...] |
2007-06-29 09:15:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA BN |
07COTONOU485 | BENIN UNABLE TO CONSIDER TROOP CONTRIBUTION TO HYBRID [...][...] |
2007-07-03 03:05:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS BN SU |
07COTONOU494 | BENIN: PROFILES OF NEW MINISTERS [...]is is the second in a series of telegrams concerning the newly formed government of President Boni Yayi. Reftel provided a list of mi[...] |
2007-07-05 09:49:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ECON BN |
07COTONOU508 | BENIN: PROFILES OF NEW MINISTERS [...]is is the third in a series of telegrams concerning the newly formed government of President Boni Yayi. Reftel B provided a list of m[...] |
2007-07-11 10:20:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ECON BN |
07COTONOU512 | BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI APPOINTS 9 STATE AUDITORS TO INCREASE [...]BU) SUMMARY: As part of his program to crack down on corruption in the country, and particularly in reaction to the recent cases of co[...] |
2007-07-12 04:28:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA BN |
07COTONOU525 | BENIN: TWO CELL PHONE SERVICE PROVIDERS SHUT DOWN [...]MMARY: The Benin Provisional Post and Telecommunications Authority (BPPTA, or "Authorite de Regulation des Postes et Telecommunication[...] |
2007-07-13 09:22:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS PGOV BN |
07COTONOU534 | BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI ORGANIZES AND LEADS A MARCH AGAINST [...]) SUMMARY: On July 16, President Boni Yayi led a march and rally against corruption through downtown Cotonou. Government officials an[...] |
2007-07-17 12:01:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA BN |
07COTONOU547 | BENIN: SHUT DOWN GSM CELL PHONE PROVIDER RESPONDS [...]BU) SUMMARY: Telecel-Benin (formerly known as Moov), one of the cell phone service providers whose networks were shut down by the Beni[...] |
2007-07-19 11:07:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS PGOV BN |
07COTONOU552 | BENIN: VISIT OF USN AND USCG VICE ADMIRALS FOCUSES ON [...]MMARY: Vice-Admiral John D. Stufflebeem (U.S. Navy) and Vice-Admiral David Peterman (U.S. Coast Guard) visited Cotonou on May 22, 2007[...] |
2007-07-23 12:16:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS EWWT PREL BN |
07COTONOU561 | PORT OF COTONOU: UPDATE ON DEMARCHE CONCERNING ISPS CODE [...]BU) SUMMARY. On July 24, 2007, United States Coast Guard (USCG)Lieutenant Commander Robert Keith, Charge d'Affaires J.A. Diffily, and [...] |
2007-07-25 11:38:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV KHLS PTER BN |
07COTONOU577 | BENINESE ATTENDANCE AT THE 6ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...][...] |
2007-08-02 13:04:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA BN |
07COTONOU617 | PORT OF COTONOU: UPDATE ON DEMARCHE CONCERNING ISPS CODE [...]BU) SUMMARY. At the request of the Mr. Armand Zinzindohou, Minister Delegate for Public Works in the Office of the President, the Char[...] |
2007-08-13 12:04:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV KHLS PTER BN |
07COTONOU620 | BENIN: GOB TO SOLICIT BIDS FROM CELL PHONE SERVICE [...]MMARY: In an effort to resolve Benin's ongoing cell phone service crisis (Reftels A and B), the Government of Benin (GOB) has invited [...] |
2007-08-13 12:25:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS PGOV BN |
07COTONOU639 | BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI FIRES FOUR SENIOR OFFICERS OVER [...]BU) SUMMARY: President Yayi dismissed four customs officials after an investigation conducted by the State Audit Office (IGE) revealed[...] |
2007-08-20 03:29:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA BN |
07COTONOU653 | BENINESE ATTENDANCE AT THE 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...][...] |
2007-08-23 13:15:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA BN |
07COTONOU654 | BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI PROMOTES SEVEN MILITARY OFFICERS [...]) On August 20, the GOB's Council of Ministers promoted Brigadier General Tissou Felix HESSOU, who has been Benin's Minister of the In[...] |
2007-08-24 05:40:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MARR BN |
07COTONOU657 | PORT OF COTONOU: UPDATE ON DEMARCHE CONCERNING ISPS CODE [...]BU) SUMMARY: Based on an August 21, 2007 inspection of the Port of Cotonou, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Commander Adam Shaw and Lt. Comman[...] |
2007-08-24 07:46:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV KHLS PTER PINR BN |
07COTONOU696 | BENIN: ONE GSM CELL PHONE PROVIDER SIGNS A NEW CONVENTION [...]rther to reftels, on September 06, 2007, Telecel-Benin also known as Moov signed a new license with GOB, after almost two months of ne[...] |
2007-09-07 10:01:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS PGOV BN |
07COTONOU836 | BENIN: CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION AT THE UNGA [...][...] |
2007-10-30 08:08:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PHUM UN CU BN |
07COTONOU837 | BENIN WILL SUPPORT UNGA RAPE RESOLUTION [...][...] |
2007-10-30 10:45:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL BN |
07COTONOU860 | BENIN: 4TH COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE [...] November 6, the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Raymond Vignikin and Mr Thomas Adoumassh, respectively[...] |
2007-11-09 07:51:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KDM UNGA BN |
07COTONOU871 | KOUPAKI LOSES POWER IN MINISTERIAL REALINGMENT [...]mmary. In his fourth ministerial re-shuffle since he took office a year and a half ago, President Boni Yayi made major changes to his [...] |
2007-11-15 07:21:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR BN |
07COTONOU872 | BENIN: GOVERNMENT PROPOSES AMENDMENTS TO WJEI LETTER OF [...]is is an action request. Please see Paragraph 9. ¶2. SUMMARY: Post transmitted the Letter of Agreement (LOA) (Ref B) to t[...] |
2007-11-16 05:30:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL EAID BN |
07COTONOU873 | BENIN WILL SUPPORT US CANDIDACY AT IMO [...][...] |
2007-11-16 07:53:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC IMO EWWT PHSA BN |
07COTONOU874 | BENIN: PRIVATIZATION OF COTTON GINNING FACTORIES CANCELLED [...][...] |
2007-11-16 07:54:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BN EAGR ECON EINV PGOV |
07COTONOU884 | UPDATE ON THE GSM SECTOR SITUATION IN BENIN [...][...] |
2007-11-20 11:53:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS PGOV BN |
07COTONOU887 | GOB STOPS ENFORCING COURT RULINGS ON LAND DISPUTES [...][...] |
2007-11-21 09:46:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BN ECON PGOV |
07COTONOU888 | GOB PERSISTS AGAINST CORRPUTION AT STATE ELECTRICITY [...]) Summary. The GOB's State Audit Office (IGE) unveiled a report detailing widespread corruption and mismanagment at the Benin Electric[...] |
2007-11-21 12:33:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ENRG BN |
07COTONOU890 | BENIN DOES NOT PRACTICE RESOURCE NATIONALISM [...][...] |
2007-11-23 04:32:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PGOV BN |
07COTONOU892 | GOB SOUNDS POSITIVE NOTE ON AMBASSADOR PROSPER'S [...][...] |
2007-11-26 02:25:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM BN |
07COTONOU893 | BENIN'S INTERIOR MINISTER PRESSES FOR USG AID TO [...][...] |
2007-11-26 11:18:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR MASS PINR BN |
07COTONOU91 | Endorsement of Benin's Ten-Year Education Sector [...]MMARY: Under USAID leadership, 12 donors have completed their endorsement of Benin's Ten-Year Education Sector Development Plan (TESDP[...] |
2007-02-07 13:39:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI PREL PGOV BN |
07COTONOU911 | COCHRAN COTTON FELLOWS PRAISE TRIP TO U.S. [...]mmary: The six recently returned Conchran Cotton Fellows from Benin were full of praise for their experience in the U.S during a meeti[...] |
2007-11-29 08:32:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BN BTIO EAGR ETRD |
07COTONOU912 | BENIN: UPDATE ON GOB EFFORTS TO COMBAT CHILD TRAFFICKING [...]) SUMMARY: Benin has made some progress in the past several months in the fight against child trafficking. The Ministry of Family, Wom[...] |
2007-11-29 11:21:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM BN NI |
07COTONOU914 | NON-ISSUANCE OF U.S. VISA ROILS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...]BU) Summary: The decision to refer Celestine Adjanohoun's visa application to the department for a possible 212(f) determination (Ref[...] |
2007-11-29 12:38:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CVIS KCOR BN |
07COTONOU915 | BENIN: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...]is cable responds to the Department's request for information for the Worst Forms of Child Labor report (Reftel). -----------[...] |
2007-11-30 07:28:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID BN |
07COTONOU918 | OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...][...] |
2007-12-03 09:00:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL BN |
07COTONOU93 | BENIN: US-BENIN BILATERAL BUSINESS FORUM WRAPUP AND NEXT [...]MMARY. Embassy Cotonou and USAID's West Africa Trade Hub (Ghana office) sponsored the "US-Benin Bilateral Business Forum", January 25-[...] |
2007-02-08 05:02:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EINV BN |
07COTONOU931 | STATE AUDIT OFFICE SPEARHEADS FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION [...]) SUMMARY: The State Audit Office or "Inspection General d'Etat" (IGE) recently assumed a higher profile with investigations of Benin'[...] |
2007-12-07 10:02:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KMCA BN |
07COTONOU932 | AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK REPORTED IN BENIN [...]mmary: Roger Dovonou, Benin's Minister of Agriculture, confirmed late on the night of December 6, 2007 two independent outbreaks of hi[...] |
2007-12-07 11:58:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO KFLU BN |
07COTONOU94 | BENIN: YEAR-END UPDATE ON BUSINESS SCAM ACTIVITY IN 2006 [...]MMARY: In the final 9 months of 2006 Post received over one hundred commercial inquiries about potential Beninese business partners fr[...] |
2007-02-08 05:02:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV KCOR BN |
07COTONOU948 | AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK REPORTED IN BENIN [...]mmary: Test results on the poultry which died in Benin (Ref A) indicate that the poultry was positive for H5 (Ref B). Testing is cont[...] |
2007-12-14 12:39:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO KFLU BN |
07COTONOU950 | H5N1 CONFIRMED IN BENIN AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK [...][...] |
2007-12-17 08:04:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR TBIO KFLU BN |
07COTONOU955 | BENIN'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM HEADS TOWARD IMPASSE [...][...] |
2007-12-19 12:13:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KMCA BN |
07COTONOU956 | H5N1 UPDATE NR.1 GOB MEETS WITH DONORS [...][...] |
2007-12-19 12:59:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO KFLU BN |
07COTONOU961 | PRESIDENT YAYI WRITES TO PRESIDENT BUSH AND SECRETARY RICE [...][...] |
2007-12-21 06:36:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BN OPDC PGOV |
07COTONOU962 | H5N1 UPDATE 1: GOB MEETS WITH DONORS [...]mmary: The GOB met with donor representatives on December 19 to review the GOB's avian influenza action plan. The plan, which covers [...] |
2007-12-21 08:03:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO KFLU BN |
07COTONOU963 | H5N1 UPDATE 1: GOB MEETS WITH DONORS [...]mmary: The GOB met with donor representatives on December 19 to review the GOB's avian influenza action plan. The plan, which covers [...] |
2007-12-21 08:29:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO KFLU BN |
07COTONOU964 | H5N1 UPDATE 2: GOB SETS UP COMPENSATION FUND [...]he GOB announced on December 19, 2007 the creation of a compensation fund for farmers of poultry culled as a result of the avian influ[...] |
2007-12-21 10:12:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO KFLU BN |
07LOME178 | UNHCR REP ON TOGOLESE REFUGEE SITUATION [...]U) SUMMARY: In a March 1 courtesy call on Ambassador, UNHCR's Regional Representative Rafik Saidi said that about three-quarters of th[...] |
2007-03-02 15:44:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM GH BN TO |
07NDJAMENA792 | PEACE ACCORDS MULTIPLY WITH FRINGE CHAD REBEL [...]BU) Summary. Five minor Chadian rebel/exile groups have signed generic peace agreements with the Government of Chad (GOC) in the last [...] |
2007-10-12 10:52:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL LY GB BN CD |
07STATE144739 | SUMMARY OF RESPONSES TO CABLE ON INDOOR AIR [...]is is an action request. See Paragraph 3. SUMMARY ¶2. SUMMARY: Reftel asked posts in countries where greater [...] |
2007-10-16 18:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | BC BN ET GH IV NI SENV TBIO UG UV ZA |
07USUNNEWYORK1165 | UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, [...]ummary. The United Nations General Assembly's Second Committee adopted eight resolutions by consensus during its December 5 session, [...] |
2007-12-13 22:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV UNGA BO BN |
08COTONOU1 | BENIN'S NAVY PRESENTS NO DETERRENT TO ILLEGITIMATE [...][...] |
2008-01-02 08:59:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP SNAR BN |
08COTONOU10 | GOB'S MORATORIUM ON ENFORCING JUDICIAL DECISIONS ENDS [...][...] |
2008-01-04 07:56:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | BN KCMA PGOV |
08COTONOU104 | BENIN: GOB RESCHEDULES LOCAL ELECTIONS [...][...] |
2008-02-14 11:44:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BN |
08COTONOU105 | COTTON HARVEST NUMBERS RELEASED AND ENDOSULFAN BANNED [...]MMARY: Benin's Cotton Stakeholders Association (AIC) estimates the mid-season 2007-2008 cotton harvest at 182,567 metric tons, account[...] |
2008-02-14 11:58:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PGOV BN |
08COTONOU11 | GOB REQUESTS IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE IN INTERDICTING [...][...] |
2008-01-05 12:18:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS SNAR BN |
08COTONOU111 | TELECOMS: LACK OF ELECTRICITY AND BANDWIDTH [...][...] |
2008-02-19 06:14:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINT BN |
08COTONOU116 | GOB SIGNS WJEI LOA [...]mmary: The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Moussa Okanla, and the Ambassador signed the Letter of Agreement (LOA), for Benin's Women's Ju[...] |
2008-02-22 03:31:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL EAID KWMN BN |
08COTONOU117 | DEMARCHE: ADVANCING THE U.S. POSITION FOR CHANGE [...][...] |
2008-02-24 07:16:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL CU BN |
08COTONOU118 | BENIN'S INPUT ON ENERGY REPORT [...][...] |
2008-02-25 02:58:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG BN |
08COTONOU124 | BENIN'S VIEWS ON SOMALIA [...][...] |
2008-02-28 02:57:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PBTS PREL BN |
08COTONOU141 | MINISTER OF STATE N'DOURO WILL ATTEND DOD AFRICA DEFENSE [...][...] |
2008-03-03 10:42:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BN MASS PGOV PREL |
08COTONOU146 | PRESIDENT YAYI LAUNCHES CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW [...]) SUMMARY. President Yayi tasked, on February 20, 2008, a committee of experts to review Benin's constitution and propose changes. The[...] |
2008-03-06 05:53:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BN |
08COTONOU149 | BENIN: DEMARCHE ON USG VIEWS FOLLOWING IAEA [...][...] |
2008-03-07 06:30:00 | Embassy Cotonou | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM BN |
08COTONOU151 | BENIN: COSTAL PROTECTION WORKS TO START - SEA POLLUTION [...] February 26, 2008, President Boni Yayi officially launched construction of jetties which will fight coastal erosion along a 7.5 km st[...] |
2008-03-07 08:47:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV EPET KMCA BN |
08COTONOU156 | BENIN: GOB NEGOTIATES TO BRING TEACHERS BACK TO SCHOOL [...]) SUMMARY. In a last attempt to save the school year, President Yayi met with the Front made up of representatives of the three teache[...] |
2008-03-12 07:53:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BN |
08COTONOU161 | HIGH DEMAND FOR CEMENT CHALLENGES LOCAL CEMENT PRODUCTION [...]MMARY: Benin's cement plants are struggling to meet unprecedented high demands for cement from estate developers, road construction fi[...] |
2008-03-13 11:56:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EINV BN |
08COTONOU162 | BENIN TO HOST SAHEL-SAHARAN STATES COMMUNITY SUMMIT [...]) Summary: The Government of Benin (GOB) is preparing to host in June 2008 the 10th Summit of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (C[...] |
2008-03-14 07:14:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ETRD BN |
08COTONOU188 | BENIN - IMF FOURTH REVIEW, 4TH QUARTER 2007 [...]MMARY: An IMF team visited Benin, March 3-18, 2008 for the to review the country's economic performance in the last quarter of ¶200[...] |
2008-04-01 09:50:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EINV BN |
08COTONOU192 | CHINESE FOOTPRINT DEEPENS IN BENIN [...]) Summary: Chinese Ambassador to Benin Li Beifen, whose husband has joined her at post for the past few months, told the Ambassador on[...] |
2008-04-03 09:54:00 | Embassy Cotonou | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EAID ETRD PINR EINV CH BN |
08COTONOU196 | BENIN: CRISIS IN MICROCREDIT SECTOR [...]) SUMMARY: The Government of Benin (GOB) dismissed the Director General of PADME, a microcredit institution, for mismanagement disclos[...] |
2008-04-08 06:12:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA BN |
08COTONOU20 | DRUG TRAFFICKING IN BENIN [...][...] |
2008-01-09 11:45:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BN PGOV SNAR |
08COTONOU201 | BENIN: LOCAL ELECTIONS PREPARATIONS AMIDST POLITICAL [...]) SUMMARY: Preparations for local elections, now scheduled for April 20, continue apace in Benin against a backdrop of logistical prob[...] |
2008-04-10 01:04:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR BN |
08COTONOU202 | BENIN: ELECTORAL PROCESS IN TURMOIL [...]) SUMMARY: To mark the second anniversary of President Yayi's rule, deputies from his political coalition Force Cowry for an Emerging [...] |
2008-04-10 07:09:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BN |
08COTONOU207 | OVERVIEW OF BENIN'S DOMESTIC POLITICAL SCENE [...]) Summary: Fully cognizant of the very public tilt in the political balance of power towards his opponents, President Boni Yayi has u[...] |
2008-04-11 05:50:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM PINR BN |
08COTONOU215 | BENIN: UNSCR 1803 RELATED DEMARCHES [...][...] |
2008-04-18 06:12:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NSG MNUC EFIN KNNP IR BN |
08COTONOU219 | BENIN: PEACEFUL LOCAL ELECTIONS AGAINST BACKGROUND OF [...]) SUMMARY: On April 20, 2008, Benin held its second set of municipal and local elections since 1990. Early results point to a defeat [...] |
2008-04-21 10:28:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BN |
08COTONOU242 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION [...][...] |
2008-04-24 09:17:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM BN PREL |
08COTONOU255 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - BENIN [...][...] |
2008-04-30 06:40:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV BN |
08COTONOU256 | CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN BENIN [...][...] |
2008-04-30 08:38:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY BN |
08COTONOU26 | BIOGRAPHIES OF KEY GOB OFFICIALS FOR PRE-ADVANCE [...][...] |
2008-01-11 10:23:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP BUSH GEORGE BN |
08COTONOU260 | HSV 2 Swift's Successful Visit to Cotonou [...]) SUMMARY: The High Speed Vessel (HSV) 2 Swift visited Benin April 19 - 21, 2008. Cotonou was the last port the Swift visited as part[...] |
2008-05-02 06:19:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BN EAID MARR MASS PGOV |
08COTONOU261 | POST PLAN FOR "DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE" [...][...] |
2008-05-05 08:56:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | BN CU KDEM PHUM PREL |
08COTONOU262 | PRESIDENT YAYI WRITES TO PRESIDENT BUSH REQUESTING FOOD [...][...] |
2008-05-05 10:15:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BN EAGR EAID OPDC |
08COTONOU281 | POLITICAL PARTIES NEGOTIATE PENDING OFFICIAL ELECTION [...]) SUMMARY: Following the April 20, 2008 municipal elections, President Yayi has launched negotiations to bring representatives of oppo[...] |
2008-05-09 06:38:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BN |
08COTONOU288 | FOOD DEFICIT REPORTED IN BENIN [...][...] |
2008-05-16 04:58:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BN EAGR EAID PGOV PREL |
08COTONOU289 | OUTREACH IN SUPPORT OF DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...]nin is widely regarded as a free country and was classified as such in Freedom House's 2008 Freedom in the World Report. There are no[...] |
2008-05-16 05:36:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | BN PHUM PREL |
08COTONOU290 | BENIN WRAP-UP MAY 2 - MAY 16, 2008 [...][...] |
2008-05-16 06:43:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BN KMCA PGOV PHUM |
08COTONOU294 | BENIN FEEDBACK ON UNICEF PROGRAMS [...]ummary: Post welcomes the opportunity to provide comments on UNICEF, a valued partner in development. The UNICEF program in Benin is[...] |
2008-05-20 04:33:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID UNICEF UN BN |
08COTONOU298 | BENIN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE FAO WORLD FOOD SUMMIT [...][...] |
2008-05-23 05:23:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | BN EAGR |
08COTONOU3 | H5N1 UPDATE 3: GOB RESUMES CULLING [...]he GOB resumed culling operations on December 30 after culling stopped on December 23 due to lack of funds. The GOB plans to implemen[...] |
2008-01-02 11:37:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO KFLU BN |
08COTONOU308 | BENIN'S CANDIDATE FOR UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN [...]n May 21, 2008, President Yayi sent President Bush a letter to seek his support for the candidacy of Conceptia L. D. Ouinsou for the p[...] |
2008-05-28 03:24:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM BN |
08COTONOU309 | BENIN'S FY 2008 PROPOSAL FOR THE TAFT FUND FOR REFUGEES [...]MMARY: Based upon consultation with UNHCR/Benin, Embassy Cotonou requests FY08 funding in the amount of 8.2 million FCFA (approxim[...] |
2008-05-28 06:43:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID BN TO |
08COTONOU311 | YAYI TO ATTEND FAO FOOD SECURITY SUMMIT [...]n May 25 the GOB announced that President Yayi will lead Benin's delegation to the FAO's High Level Conference on World Food Security [...] |
2008-05-28 07:34:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR BN |
08COTONOU313 | CENA RELEASES MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS RESULTS [...]) SUMMARY: On May 20, the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENA) published the results of the April 20 municipal and local e[...] |
2008-05-29 06:57:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BN |
08COTONOU314 | BENIN: FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE PRODUCTION OF [...]is cable responds to reftel requests for information on Forced Labor and Child Labor in the production of goods. ------------[...] |
2008-05-29 18:31:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID BN |
08COTONOU317 | BENIN WRAP-UP MAY 17 - MAY 30, 2008 [...][...] |
2008-05-30 14:27:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BN EAGR KMCA KNAR PGOV |
08COTONOU321 | YAYI ANNOUNCES 2008-2009 COTTON PRICES [...]UMMARY: On May 25 2008, President Yayi personally announced the prices of raw cotton and inputs for the 2008-2009 campaign. To allevia[...] |
2008-06-03 17:50:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PGOV BN |
08COTONOU327 | BENIN'S NOMINEES FOR CYBERCRIME WORSHOP [...]r reftel, the following individuals are Benin's nominees to participate in the West Africa Regional Cybercrime Workshop to be held fro[...] |
2008-06-05 16:30:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | LEGAT INL NAS DEA FBI DHS DOJ RLA PGOV BN |
08COTONOU336 | PRESIDENT YAYI CONOVKES CHARGE TO ASK AGAIN FOR [...][...] |
2008-06-12 16:27:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID BN |
08COTONOU337 | BENIN WRAP-UP MAY 31 - JUNE 13, 2008 [...][...] |
2008-06-13 13:37:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | BN CVIS EAID ENRG EWWT MASS OPRC PGOV |
08COTONOU341 | YAYI DISCUSSES DISPUTED MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS [...][...] |
2008-06-16 15:57:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BN |
08COTONOU342 | POST DELIVERED AGOA INVITAION LETTER [...]n June 13, 2008, the Embassy delivered the AGOA forum invitation (Reftel) to the following members of the GOB: - Mr. Pascal I. Koupaki[...] |
2008-06-17 12:35:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC ETRD EINV EAID PGOV BN |
08COTONOU343 | PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE PRESS STATEMENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...][...] |
2008-06-17 17:20:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | BN EUN PHUM PREL |
08COTONOU344 | GMP WELL RECEIVED IN BENIN [...][...] |
2008-06-17 17:23:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | BN EWWT MARR MASS PGOV PREL |
08COTONOU348 | KHADAFI MAKES WAVES AT CEN-SAD SUMMIT IN BENIN [...][...] |
2008-06-20 12:49:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SENV EAGR PINR XA LY BN |
08COTONOU349 | YAYI WRITES TWICE FOR FOOD AID FUNDS [...][...] |
2008-06-23 14:05:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PREL PGOV BN |
08COTONOU354 | PRESIDENT YAYI ON MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS [...]SBU) During a meeting with heads of donor missions on June 24, 2008, President Yayi gave his first public statement about the results [...] |
2008-06-25 15:58:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BN |
08COTONOU362 | BENIN DELEGATION TO AU SUMMIT [...]ost delivered the referenced demarche by Diplomatic Note on June 24, 2008. The Special Adviser on Diplomatic Affairs to the Benin Head[...] |
2008-06-28 21:50:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM OVIP XA PGOV PREL BN |
08COTONOU363 | HAITI SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT TO BE MEMBER OF PAN-AMERIAN HEALTH [...][...] |
2008-06-28 21:50:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | HT PREL BN |
08COTONOU369 | CENSAD SUMMIT ISSUED A COMMUNIQUE [...]n June 20, 2008, a communiqu from the June 17-18 CEN-SAD summit proposed the creation of an authority to coordinate agricultural polic[...] |
2008-06-30 11:30:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PROL PGOV BN |
08COTONOU381 | BENIN Democracy and Human Rights Financial Status [...]mmary: This cable serves to meet the requirement that all posts submit a DHRF financial status report covering a detailed listing by f[...] |
2008-07-02 16:11:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID BN |
08COTONOU39 | BENIN'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...]ease find below Embassy Cotonou's submission for Benin's 2008 Investment Climate Statement keyed to the topics in Reftel. ---[...] |
2008-01-16 10:41:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC BN |
08COTONOU4 | GOB ASSENTS TO PROPOSED MARITIME INFORMATION [...][...] |
2008-01-02 11:38:00 | Embassy Cotonou | SECRET | PGOV SNAR MARR BN |
08COTONOU406 | BENIN DELEGATION TO AGOA FORUM [...]nin's official delegation to the AGOA forum in Washington, D.C. will be led by Ernestine Attanasso, the Director General of Foreign Tr[...] |
2008-07-11 12:52:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EFIN EAID BN |
08COTONOU408 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT YAYI'S TRIP TO THE U.S., [...]BU) Summary: Benin,s President Boni Yayi travels to Washington, D.C., July 15-21, 2008, primarily for talks with the World Bank and t[...] |
2008-07-11 21:56:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP EAID EAGR PGOV PREL PINR EFIN LY BN |
08COTONOU417 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT NULLIFIES PRESIDENTIAL MEDIATION BODY [...]) SUMMARY: On May 26, 2008 the Constitutional Court nullified the Presidential Mediation Entity (OPM) that President Yayi created on A[...] |
2008-07-15 18:16:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BN PGOV PINR PREL |
08COTONOU420 | BENIN: POLITICAL STATE OF THE NATION - NATIONAL [...]C) Summary: The uncertain legitimacy and role of Benin's Presidential Mediation Entity (OPM) headed by National Mediator, Albert Tevo[...] |
2008-07-15 19:36:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI EFIN PINR KDEM BN |
08COTONOU432 | BENIN: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE ON THE OCCASION OF JULY 4, [...]e embassy received a letter dated June 26, 2008 from President Yayi to President Bush expressing congratulations on the occasion of th[...] |
2008-07-21 12:18:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL PGOV BN |
08COTONOU450 | BENIN: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AT STANDSTILL [...]) SUMMARY: Since July 7th deputies from the G4 and G13 (Ref B) have blocked all deliberations in the National Assembly. The deputies, [...] |
2008-07-29 17:00:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KMCA BN |
08COTONOU451 | BENIN: CHILD LABOR PERSISTS IN STONE QUARRIES [...]MMARY: Child labor continues to be used in stone crushing quarries in central Benin. On June 24, 2008 a mission team visited the quarr[...] |
2008-07-29 17:03:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM EIND SOCI BN |
08COTONOU452 | BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI CIRCUMVENTS IMPASSE IN NATIONAL [...][...] |
2008-07-29 17:18:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KMCA BN |
08COTONOU453 | BENIN: ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...][...] |
2008-07-29 17:49:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SADC ZI BN |
08COTONOU456 | BENIN: AGOA POINTS OF CONTACT [...]r reftel request, post hereby provides the following AGOA points of contact in Benin: Until the arrival in Benin of a new Pol[...] |
2008-07-30 16:57:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ML BN |
08COTONOU46 | SCENESETTER FOR THE POTUS VISIT TO BENIN [...][...] |
2008-01-18 13:34:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP BUSH GEORGE PGOV EAID KMCA BN |
08COTONOU478 | BENIN'S FY 2008 TAFT FUND FOR REFUGEES OBLIGATION REPORT [...] July 31, 2008, Ambassador Gayleatha B. Brown approved and signed the Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) grant documents for th[...] |
2008-08-08 11:21:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID BN TO |
08COTONOU497 | BENIN: Delivery of Non-Paper on Iran Entities and [...][...] |
2008-08-22 11:25:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM BN |
08COTONOU5 | GOB TAKES MEASURES AGAINST INFLATION [...][...] |
2008-01-03 07:44:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV BN |
08COTONOU54 | BENIN PARTICIPATION IN AU SUMMIT [...]. Moussa Okanla, Benin's Minister of Foreign Affairs, and President Boni Yayi will both attend the AU Summit meeting in Addis Ababa. [...] |
2008-01-24 10:16:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | BN KSUM PREL XA |
08COTONOU551 | Benin: UNGA Third Committee 2008 [...]) On September 4, 2008, the DCM delivered ref demarche to the MFA Director of International Organizations, Thomas Adoumasse. Adoumasse [...] |
2008-09-05 14:18:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN BN |
08COTONOU562 | BENINESE ATTENDANCE AT THE 63rd UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...]rther to Ref (A), the list of Beninese attendees at the 63rd UNGA follows: -- Head of Delegation, H.E. President Boni Yayi; &[...] |
2008-09-09 16:54:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA BN |
08COTONOU617 | BENIN: LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL INERTIA HAMPER GOB [...]BU) SUMMARY: Judicial inertia and active resistance in Benin's National Assembly temper the positive impact of President Boni Yayi's a[...] |
2008-09-29 13:47:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA PINR BN |
08COTONOU622 | BENIN: OPPOSITION PARTIES TIGHTEN GRIP ON PRESIDENT YAYI [...]) SUMMARY: To encourage participation of opposition parties in his government, President Yayi has held extensive talks with their lea[...] |
2008-09-29 15:18:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KMCA BN |
08COTONOU630 | USITC STUDY ON BENIN: EFFECTS OF INSTRASTRUCTURE CONDITIONS [...]r reftel, Post provides the following: -- AmEmbassy Cotonou's contact for this subject study (pending the arrival of a Pol/EconOff) is[...] |
2008-10-03 09:15:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ETRD ASEC EK PU SE XA BN |
08COTONOU655 | BENIN: GOVERNMENT DIVESTS COTTON GINNING COMPANY [...] September 18, the GOB announced the successful divestiture of the cotton ginning activities of the agricultural parastatal, SONAPRA. [...] |
2008-10-20 06:03:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EINV PGOV BN |
08COTONOU656 | BENIN: GOVERNMENT DIVESTS COTTON GINNING COMPANY [...][...] |
2008-10-20 06:03:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EINV PGOV BN |
08COTONOU657 | BENIN: DRAFT DESIGNATION OF NEW PROVINCIAL CAPITALS SPARKS [...]) SUMMARY: The Minister of Decentralization and Local Communities, Issa Demole Moko,publicized a government plan to designate capital [...] |
2008-10-20 06:04:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BN |
08COTONOU658 | BENIN: IMF FIFTH REVIEW [...]MMARY: From September 10-24, an IMF team conducted the fifth annual review of Benin's economic performance up until June 2008. On Sept[...] |
2008-10-20 06:12:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EINV BN |
08COTONOU659 | BENIN: IMF FIFTH REVIEW [...][...] |
2008-10-20 06:12:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EINV BN |
08COTONOU67 | (C) HCOC "INREACH" TO BENIN [...][...] |
2008-02-01 04:02:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | KSCA PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA BN |
08COTONOU688 | BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI'S SECOND CABINET RESHUFFLE [...]) SUMMARY: After months of suspense following the April 2008 legislative elections, President Yayi announced a second cabinet reshuffl[...] |
2008-10-31 12:50:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BN |
08COTONOU69 | IOM DIRECTOR GENERAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...][...] |
2008-02-01 05:00:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC BN EUN PREF PREL SMIG |
08COTONOU72 | LETTER FROM PRESIDENT YAYI TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...]st received on January 30, 2008, via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a letter addressed to President Bush from President Yayi. The le[...] |
2008-02-01 11:13:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | BN OPDC PGOV |
08COTONOU73 | GOVERNMENT MOVES TO QUELL LABOR UNREST [...][...] |
2008-02-01 11:15:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BN ELAB PGOV |
08COTONOU750 | BENIN: PROFILE OF NEW MINISTERS [...]) SUMMARY: This is the second of two cables concerning the second cabinet reshuffling of the Government of Benin (GOB), which took pla[...] |
2008-12-01 04:33:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR BN |
08COTONOU76 | LETTER FROM PRESIDENT YAYI TO SECRETARY RICE [...]st received on January 30, 2008, via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a letter addressed to Secretary Rice from President Yayi. The le[...] |
2008-02-01 11:17:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | BN OPDC PGOV |
08COTONOU779 | BENIN'S 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...]ease find below Embassy Cotonou's submission for Benin's 2009 Investment Climate Statement keyed to the topics in reftel. ---[...] |
2008-12-15 08:15:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC BN |
08COTONOU795 | BENIN: OPPOSITION TAKES FIRM STAND AGAINST [...]) SUMMARY: In an attempt to defuse the political crisis, President Yayi met individually with leaders of the opposition groups G4, G13[...] |
2008-12-19 12:41:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR BN |
08COTONOU797 | BENIN GPRA REPORT: HIV/AIDS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES [...]SCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: Benin's participant in the HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases Program, Dr. Rene Keke, Chief of the Department of [...] |
2008-12-22 08:27:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC OIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR ML BN |
08COTONOU802 | BENIN: DESIGNING A PERMANENT COMPUTERIZED VOTE REGISTRY: A [...]) SUMMARY: On December 10, the Head of the European Commission delegation to Benin, Ambassador Elisabeth Feret, in conjunction with th[...] |
2008-12-23 12:52:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BN |
08COTONOU82 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO BENIN [...][...] |
2008-02-06 11:59:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OVIP BN |
08COTONOU96 | BENIN'S G/TIP PROJECT PROPOSALS [...]st has the pleasure to submit four project proposals for G/TIP ESF and INCLE funding for FY 2008. While Benin is a Tier 2 country wit[...] |
2008-02-12 07:59:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | BN ELAB KCRM PHUM SMIG |
08PARIS2151 | TOGO: PRESIDENT FAURE GNASSINGBE'S VISIT TO PARIS [...]) SUMMARY: Togo President Faure Gnassingbe's visit to Paris the week of November 17 was largely uneventful but allowed the two sides[...] |
2008-11-25 10:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV SNAR TO BN FR |
08PARISFR2106 | UNESCO'S AUTUMN 2008 EXECUTIVE BOARD: Category 2 [...]BU) Summary: At UNESCO's autumn 2008 Executive Board, the U.S. clashed with a coalition of developing countries over Category 2 insti[...] |
2008-11-17 06:36:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO PREL SCUL NI BN SF IN |
09ABUJA1615 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL RACE [...]) POLOFF delivered demarche with U.S. views on the race for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's (U[...] |
2009-09-01 12:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UNESCO UNSC NI EG BN TZ |
09BRUSSELS588 | SCENE-SETTER FOR A/S CARTER'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN [...]BU) Since your last visit to Brussels, dialogue between the U.S. and Belgium on Africa has continued. Belgian interest is currently f[...] |
2009-04-22 13:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS CG SO SU CD RW BY BN |
09COTONOU101 | BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI GRANTS FUNDING TO POLITICAL PARTIES [...]) SUMMARY: On February 25, the Council of Ministers announced that CFA 5,000,000 (USD 10,000) per year would be granted to each politi[...] |
2009-03-20 06:46:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BN |
09COTONOU104 | BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI'S CONDOLENCE MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT [...]his is an action message. Please see para 4. ¶2. Late evening on March 23, 2009, Post received a condolence message from[...] |
2009-03-25 06:02:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL PHUM ASEC BN |
09COTONOU105 | BENIN: MEDIA REACTION TO PROPOSED CHANGES ON THE MCA-BENIN [...]eninese media reacted strongly to President Boni Yayi's unilateral decision to restructure the MCA-Benin board of governors, referring[...] |
2009-03-25 06:03:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO OFDP BN |
09COTONOU106 | BENIN: IRO VISIT TO POST [...]UMMARY: Regional Information Resource Officer (IRO) Myra Brown visited the IRC in Cotonou on March 15 - 20, 2009 during her first visi[...] |
2009-03-25 08:24:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC OIIP KPAO BN |
09COTONOU111 | BENIN: Report-Black History Month Celebration at New [...]MMARY: On February 19, 2009, PAO Rhonda Watson spoke at the New Covenant American School International as part of Black History Month [...] |
2009-03-26 06:25:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC OIIP KPAO BN |
09COTONOU120 | BENIN: HOMAGE TO LATE PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER CATHERINE [...]ummary: The local media reported on the memorial ceremony held at the Chief of Mission's Residence on March 25. The ceremony was held[...] |
2009-04-01 09:02:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO SOCI BN |
09COTONOU123 | BENIN: GOB HOLDS AMBASSADORS CONFERENCE TO BOOST DIPLOMACY [...]MMARY: On the personal initiative of President Yayi, the GOB held a three-day Ambassadors Conference, February 26-28, the second of it[...] |
2009-04-02 09:31:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BN |
09COTONOU124 | BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI'S MAJOR POLITICAL REFORMS IN [...]) SUMMARY: President Yayi launched three political reforms in an effort to improve democratic governance in 2008. First, he proposed a[...] |
2009-04-02 11:19:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BN |
09COTONOU125 | BENIN: BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...]is cable is U.S. Embassy Cotonou's response to the questions posed reftel. ¶2. Benin is a recipient of U.S. foreign assis[...] |
2009-04-02 11:19:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA PINR BN |
09COTONOU127 | BENIN: GOB SETS UP INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE TO LOOK INTO [...]). The Beninese Ministry of National Defense sent Post a copy of the Management Notice it had issued to set up an investigative commit[...] |
2009-04-03 11:18:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BN ASEC PINR |
09COTONOU130 | BENIN: CHINESE FINANCE CONSTRUCTION OF PILOT AGRICULTURAL [...] March 31, President Yayi attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a Chinese-funded Pilot Agricultural Center in Sem[...] |
2009-04-06 15:08:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EPET ETRD CH BN |
09COTONOU136 | BENIN - RESPONSE TO TAEPO-DONG 2 [...][...] |
2009-04-08 12:14:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KN BN |
09COTONOU145 | BENIN: GPRA Report - MCA-Benin's press conference [...]SCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: Following the March 30-31, 2009 visit to Benin by the Vice President and the Deputy Vice President for Africa o[...] |
2009-04-16 07:37:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EAID KDEM KPAO BN |
09COTONOU148 | BENIN: GPRA Report - MCA-Benin's press conference [...]SCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: Following the March 30-31, 2009 visit to Benin by the Vice President and the Deputy Vice President for Africa o[...] |
2009-04-16 13:30:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EAID KDEM KPAO BN |
09COTONOU154 | COTONOU REPORTS ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...][...] |
2009-04-20 06:14:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR BN |
09COTONOU157 | COTONOU REPORTS ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...]S Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered arti[...] |
2009-04-20 11:32:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR BN |
09COTONOU163 | BENIN: TRANSLATION OF GOB REPORT ON ITS EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] April 16, the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Integration, Francophonie and the Beni[...] |
2009-04-22 14:14:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN KTIP BN |
09COTONOU185 | BENIN: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...]) Summary: In a May 5, 2009 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Ehouzou, acknowledging USG demarches, said that President Ya[...] |
2009-05-11 11:01:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC CU IR XF BN |
09COTONOU186 | BENIN: DEPUTIES PASS BILLS ON THE PERMANENT COMPUTERIZED [...]) SUMMARY: National Assembly deputies set the legal framework for the Permanent Computerized Voter Registry (LEPI) by adopting two bil[...] |
2009-05-11 13:27:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BN |
09COTONOU187 | BENIN TO VOTE FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...][...] |
2009-05-12 11:08:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EAID KV BN |
09COTONOU19 | 2009 Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) Crime and [...]erall Crime and Safety Situation: The overall crime rate remained high in Benin during 2008. Petty crime is common in all par[...] |
2009-01-12 14:30:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT APER BN |
09COTONOU194 | BENIN: GPRA REPORT: SPEAKER PROGRAM ON ISLAM IN THE U.S. [...]MMARY: From May 4-8, 2009 IIP Speaker Imam Moujahed Mouhammad Bakhach delivered engaging and well-received lectures on Islam in the U[...] |
2009-05-13 12:04:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC SCUL OIIP KPAO BN |
09COTONOU195 | COTONOU REPORTS ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...]S Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered arti[...] |
2009-05-14 06:56:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL OIIP KPAO BN |
09COTONOU200 | BENIN: POLITICAL UPDATE [...]) SUMMARY: Politicians have engaged in early and thinly veiled campaigning ahead of the 2011 presidential election. Some members of th[...] |
2009-05-18 06:40:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR BN |
09COTONOU21 | BENIN: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] response to State 127448, Post provides the following information: -------------------- Laws and Regulations [...] |
2009-01-13 13:15:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND EINV ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PGOV BN |
09COTONOU222 | BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI FORMS POLITICAL COALITION [...]) SUMMARY: On May 16, President Yayi officially launched the Union for Presidential Plural Majority (UMPP), a coalition made up of var[...] |
2009-05-28 07:32:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR BN |
09COTONOU227 | COTONOU REPORTS ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...]S Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered arti[...] |
2009-05-28 11:01:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL OIIP KPAO BN |
09COTONOU237 | BENIN: OPPOSITION AND HEALTH UNIONISTS LEAD PROTEST MARCH [...]MMARY: On May 28, health unionists and members of the G13, G4 and Force Key opposition groups in Cotonou led a protest march against t[...] |
2009-06-05 08:10:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BN |
09COTONOU239 | COTONOU GPRA REPORT ON THE DVC "PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FIRST 100 [...]SCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: On May 19, PAS Cotonou hosted a Digital Video Conference program entitled "President Barack Obama's First 100 d[...] |
2009-06-05 10:23:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO BN |
09COTONOU242 | Media Reaction: "President Barack Obama's Inauguration" [...]mmary: The Beninese media reacted positively to President Barack Obama's speech in Cairo on June 4. The speech generated several artic[...] |
2009-06-08 08:25:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO SCUL BN |
09COTONOU246 | BENIN: OPPOSITION AND HEALTH UNIONISTS LEAD PROTEST MARCH [...]MMARY: On May 28, health unionists and members of the G13, G4 and Force Key opposition groups in Cotonou led a protest march against t[...] |
2009-06-15 13:02:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BN |
09COTONOU247 | COTONOU: MAY, 2009 REPORT ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...]AS Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered art[...] |
2009-06-15 13:05:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL OIIP KPAO BN |
09COTONOU252 | BENIN PREDEPARTURE ORIENTATION REPORT [...]SCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: On June 4,2009, the Public Affairs Section hosted a Pre-Departure Orientation for three Education and Exchange [...] |
2009-06-17 09:46:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO BN |
09COTONOU254 | BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI FIRES MINISTER OF FINANCE AND MAKES [...]MMARY: On June 9, President Yayi dismissed his Minister of Economy and Finance, Soule Mana Lawani, because he had issued a 2008 minist[...] |
2009-06-18 08:59:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR BN |
09COTONOU257 | BENIN ECONOMIC NEWS: APRIL 15-JUNE 15, 2009 [...]is Benin Economic News focuses on the 2008-2009 cotton news, President Yayi's visit to Nigeria, and the sacking of the Minister of Eco[...] |
2009-06-19 08:00:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EFIN ECON PGOV BN |
09COTONOU261 | BENIN: FIRST FEMALE POLICE COMMISSIONER TAKES OFFICE [...] June 17, 2009 Ms. Gislaine Sewanoude Bocovo was sworn in as the first female Police Commissioner (roughly equivalent to the Police Ca[...] |
2009-06-23 11:48:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC BN |
09COTONOU264 | BENIN: IRC BOOK DISCUSSION: "PRATIQUE DU JOURNALISME" [...]MMARY: On June 18, the U.S. Embassy hosted a well-attended book discussion at the American Cultural Center (ACC) Information Resource [...] |
2009-06-24 05:28:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC KPAO OEXC SCUL BN |
09COTONOU266 | BENIN: IRC BOOK DISCUSSION: "PRATIQUE DU JOURNALISME" [...]MMARY: On June 18,2009, the U.S. Embassy hosted a well-attended book discussion at the American Cultural Center (ACC) Information Reso[...] |
2009-06-25 10:22:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC KPAO OEXC SCUL BN |
09COTONOU267 | BENIN: BIOGRAPHIC NOTE ON THE NEW MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND [...]er Reftel, this cable provides further biographic details on Idriss Liassou Daouda, the newly appointed Minister of Economy and Financ[...] |
2009-06-25 10:59:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR BN |
09COTONOU268 | BENIN GPRA REPORT: AFRP WOMEN IN BUSINESS [...]SCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: Benin's participants in the May 11-29, 2009 Women in Business Program, Dede Lea Edith Medji, Director of "Benin[...] |
2009-06-25 12:30:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO SCUL BN |
09COTONOU278 | BENIN: POLICE INTERCEPTS 11 ALLEGED TRAFFICKING VICTIMS IN [...]MMARY: On June 20, 2009, Beninese Security Forces intercepted a vehicle in Cotonou transporting eleven children from the Togo-Benin bo[...] |
2009-07-06 10:01:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KTIP KCRM ELAB BN |
09COTONOU282 | COTONOU: JUNE, 2009 REPORT ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...]S Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered arti[...] |
2009-07-06 10:04:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL OIIP KPAO BN |
09COTONOU307 | BENIN GPRA REPORT: AFRP CONFLICT RESOLUTION [...]SCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: Benin's participants in the June 8-26, 2009 Conflict Resolution Program, Zacharie Dah-Sekpo, President of the S[...] |
2009-07-16 12:59:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO SCUL BN |
09COTONOU308 | CHARGE PARTICIPATES IN TV DEBATE ON OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH [...][...] |
2009-07-17 03:08:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR BN |
09COTONOU309 | Media Reaction: "Beninese media reacts to President Barack [...]mmary: The Beninese media reacted extensively and positively to President Obama's speech in Ghana, a speech that they found to be a so[...] |
2009-07-17 03:18:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO SCUL BN |
09COTONOU311 | BENIN: REACTION TO OBAMA-MEDVEDEV SUMMIT [...]e Charge delivered the demarche requested reftel to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Marie Ehouzou on July 14th. Ehouzou was very[...] |
2009-07-17 08:27:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BN |
09COTONOU313 | An Agricultural Bank in the Pipeline [...]MMARY: On June 25, 2006, the GOB hosted a meeting with its institutional and private partners to invite them to be part of the CFA 10 [...] |
2009-07-17 08:29:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EFIN ECON PGOV BN |
09COTONOU314 | GOB INCREASES ELETRICITY AND WATER PRICES [...]MMARY: On July 2, 2009, the Directors General of the two parastatals Benin Electricity Corporation (SBEE) and Benin National Water Cor[...] |
2009-07-17 08:48:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAGR EFIN ECON PGOV BN |
09COTONOU325 | BENIN: GOB AND CIVIL SOCIETY'S INITIATIVES TO COUNTER [...]MMARY: Pursuant to Article 2 of the UN Convention Against Torture (CAT), the GOB has taken measures to prevent acts of torture since i[...] |
2009-07-27 13:32:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM UN BN |
09COTONOU326 | BENIN ECONOMIC NEWS: JUNE-JULY 2009 [...] June 23, 2009, the World Bank approved 35 billion FCFA (USD 70 million) of credit to support the financing of projects to improve acc[...] |
2009-07-27 13:33:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EFIN ECON PGOV BN |
09COTONOU328 | BENIN: WJEI LEADS BENINESE DELEGATION ON STUDY TOUR OF [...]SCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: As part of the Women's Justice and Empowerment Initiative (WJEI), DOJ/OPDAT organized a study tour of South Afr[...] |
2009-07-27 13:34:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KWMN BN |
09COTONOU330 | BENIN DISASTER ALERT UPDATE 3 - THE EMERGENCY THAT WASN'T [...]mmary: Following the Government of Benin's (GOB) declaration of a State of Emergency on July 6, 2009, the United Nations mandated an O[...] |
2009-07-28 11:25:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV BN |
09COTONOU339 | BENIN: STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF COMPUTERIZED VOTER REGISTRY [...]MMARY: The GOB, political parties, and civil society are engaged in a fierce struggle for control of the Permanent Computerized Voter [...] |
2009-08-05 09:55:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BN |
09COTONOU341 | BENIN NATIONAL DAY: PRESIDENT APOLOGIZES PROMISING TO FIGHT [...]MMARY: In his National Day speech on August 1, 2009, President Yayi explained his measures to strengthen democracy and foster economic[...] |
2009-08-06 12:43:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BN |
09COTONOU355 | COTONOU: JUNE, 2009 REPORT ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...]S Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered arti[...] |
2009-08-10 11:24:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL OIIP KPAO BN |
09COTONOU366 | Media Reaction: Secretary of State's Trip to Africa [...]mmary: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's African trip generated an editorial in a Beninese right-of-center independent daily newspa[...] |
2009-08-17 09:10:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KMDR KPAO BN |
09COTONOU374 | BENIN: AMBASSADOR BROWN LEAVES ON A HIGH NOTE [...]bassador Brown departs post on August 22, 2009, leaving a legacy of a stronger bilateral relationship and increased visibility of the [...] |
2009-08-21 11:52:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON ETRD PGOV SOCI PHUM MASS EWWT BN |
09COTONOU390 | BENIN: HAAC Counselor pays courtesy visit to the Public [...]MMARY: On August 24, Moise Bossou, a Law Professor at the University of Abomey-Calavi and one of nine newly appointed Counselors at th[...] |
2009-08-26 06:16:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ECPS KCOR BN KIRC OEXC |
09COTONOU406 | BENIN ECONOMIC NEWS: JULY-AUGUST 2009 [...] July 23, 2009, President Yayi had lunch at the Customs Headquarters in Cotonou. Yayi used the opportunity to enquire about the concer[...] |
2009-09-03 09:30:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS PGOV BN |
09COTONOU41 | BENIN SUBMISSION FOR 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...]BU) The Government of Benin (GoB) continued to make steady progress towards combating child trafficking. The police, gendarmes and jud[...] |
2009-02-10 06:34:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN KTIP BN |
09COTONOU424 | BENIN: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECLARES ADULTERY LAWS [...]MMARY: In response to a complaint filed by a woman being prosecuted for adultery, the Constitutional Court ruled July 30, 2009, that a[...] |
2009-09-11 06:40:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM BN |
09COTONOU43 | BENIN: GPRA Report - Black History Month Programming [...]SCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: As part of the activities scheduled to celebrate Black History Month, the Public Diplomacy Section of the Ameri[...] |
2009-02-12 12:47:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC OEXC KPAO BN KISL SCUL |
09COTONOU44 | BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI DELIVERS STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS [...]) SUMMARY: On December 30, 2008, President Yayi delivered his third annual State of the Nation Address at the National Assembly in Por[...] |
2009-02-13 06:12:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EFIN PHUM BN |
09COTONOU455 | BENIN: CONFERENCE ON RELIGION AND DEVELOPMENT: INTERFAITH [...]MMARY: On September 10, 2009, the US Embassy in Cotonou hosted a conference on the theme: Religion and Development: Interfaith Dialogu[...] |
2009-09-22 12:39:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC SCUL KPAO BN |
09COTONOU460 | ALUMNI RECEPTION COTONOU REPORT [...]SCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: On September 18, 2008, PAS Cotonou hosted an Alumni reception at the American Cultural Center. This event was t[...] |
2009-09-25 01:56:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO SCUL BN |
09COTONOU467 | BENIN: SUSPENDED MINISTER OF URBANISM RESUMES OFFICE [...]ring a Council of Ministers on September 17, the Government of Benin cleared the Minister of Urbanism, Francois Noudegbessi of any mal[...] |
2009-09-30 01:26:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCOR BN |
09COTONOU470 | BENIN: MUSLIM INTELLECTUAL ASSOCIATION QUESTIONS THE [...]) The Association of Muslim Intellectuals petitioned the National Assembly on September 17 to express concern that the government uses[...] |
2009-10-01 10:13:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM BN |
09COTONOU480 | BENIN: POLITICAL UPDATE [...]ontent: -- Opposition leaders protest against the arrest of the Mayor of Dangbo -- Opposition parties boycott even[...] |
2009-10-15 10:22:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BN |
09COTONOU511 | BENIN IV ALUMNI ROAD SECURITY AWARENESS PROJECT [...]SCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: On October 21, 2009, the IV Alumni Association, in collaboration with the American Embassy and the NGO "Alinagn[...] |
2009-10-26 08:42:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO SCUL BN |
09COTONOU512 | BENIN: PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY [...]loff delivered points reftel to Ambassador Adoumasse, Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He [...] |
2009-10-26 10:56:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD BN |
09COTONOU513 | BENIN: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THIRD COMMITTEE [...]loff delivered points reftel to Ambassador Adoumasse, Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He [...] |
2009-10-26 10:56:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN BN |
09COTONOU515 | BENIN: BLOOD DRIVE MUSLIM COMMUNITY PROJECT [...]MMARY: On September 16, 2009, the American Embassy in collaboration with the interfaith dialogue committee organized the first blood d[...] |
2009-10-27 01:52:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP SCUL KISL BN |
09COTONOU522 | BENIN NATIONAL TV DIRECTOR PAYS COURTESY CALL ON PAO [...]UMMARY: On October 28, Stephane Todomey, Director of the state-controlled TV station, the Radio and Television Office of Benin (ORTB),[...] |
2009-11-02 00:27:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC ECPS OIIP KPAO BN |
09COTONOU523 | BENIN: CLERK OF COURT STEALS MONEY PLACED UNDER SEAL [...]) During the official ceremony for the re-opening of the Abomey Court of Appeals (central Benin) on October 28, the Minister of Justic[...] |
2009-11-02 05:08:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR BN |
09COTONOU531 | BENIN ENGLISH OUTREACH PROGRAM: ENGLISH COMMUNITY OASIS [...]MMARY: On October 30, PAS Cotonou hosted a well-attended induction ceremony for an English club named English Community Oasis. In an e[...] |
2009-11-05 06:24:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO BN |
09COTONOU546 | BENIN: TO SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS AT THE UN [...][...] |
2009-11-17 13:30:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA BN |
09COTONOU547 | BENIN: GOB VERIFIES CIVIL SERVANTS' DIPLOMAS [...]) On November 3, the Minister of Labor and Civil Service, Charles Kint Aguiar, submitted to the Council of Ministers the latest findin[...] |
2009-11-17 13:30:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCOR BN |
09COTONOU557 | BENIN: PIRATES ATTACK TANKER IN GULF OF GUINEA [...]C) On November 24 at approximately 2:30 AM three Nigerian pirates boarded the 750-foot, Liberian-flagged tanker M/T Cancale Star in Be[...] |
2009-11-24 15:51:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MCAP EWWT PHSA BN |
09COTONOU564 | BENIN REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK 2009 [...]MMARY: To mark the celebration of the International Education Week November 16-20, Cotonou Public Affairs Section organized a series o[...] |
2009-11-30 08:57:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL KIRC KPAO BN |
09COTONOU57 | BENIN: LOCAL NGO ISSUES ALTERNATIVE REPORT ON THE STATE OF [...]) SUMMARY: On January 15, Joseph Djogbenou, the President of Human Rights, Peace and Development NGO (DHPD-ONG) publicly presented an [...] |
2009-02-20 08:29:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EFIN PHUM BN |
09COTONOU574 | BENIN: PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF WAY FORWARD IN [...][...] |
2009-12-03 14:05:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AF PK BN |
09COTONOU579 | BENIN: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" DEMARCHE [...][...] |
2009-12-07 13:09:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | UN PHUM UNGA BN |
09COTONOU580 | BENIN: SEEKING CANDIDATES FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...]BU) Poloff met with Deputy Director for International Institutions Thierry Alia and delivered points reftel on December 4, ¶2009. [...] |
2009-12-07 13:10:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM BN |
09COTONOU581 | BENIN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WORLD BANK RESREP [...]) Ambassador Knight met with the outgoing World Bank Resident Representative (ResRep) Joseph Baah-Dwomoh on November 10. Baah-Dwomoh s[...] |
2009-12-07 13:10:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID BN |
09COTONOU582 | BENIN: BELGIAN MILITARY COOPERATION REDUCED [...]) Poloff met Belgian military attache Georges Reinders on November 17 to discuss recent reports that Belgium is ending military cooper[...] |
2009-12-08 10:57:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR PREL KPKO BN |
09COTONOU586 | BENIN: PRESIDENT KICKS OFF IMPLEMENTATION OF [...]) SUMMARY. On November 19, President Yayi inaugurated implementation of Benin's Permanent Computerized Voter Registry project (French:[...] |
2009-12-10 12:08:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM BN |
09COTONOU587 | BENIN: GOB RELEASES CHILD LABOR SURVEY [...]n November 24, the Minister in Charge of Institutional Relations Zakari Baba Bodi, the Director of the National Institute for Statisti[...] |
2009-12-10 15:04:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG ASEC PREL ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN KTIP BN |
09COTONOU59 | BENIN: GPRA Report - DVC Program on the topic "Black [...]SCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: As part of the activities scheduled to celebrate Black History Month, the Public Diplomacy Section of the Ameri[...] |
2009-02-23 09:52:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC OEXC OIIP KPAO SCUL BN |
09COTONOU595 | COTONOU: OCTOBER 2009 REPORT ON THE MEDIA PLACEMENT OF [...]S Cotonou reports the following placement of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered artic[...] |
2009-12-18 05:20:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KMDR KPAO BN |
09COTONOU596 | MOVIE PROJECTION AT HOUDEGBE NORTH AMERICAN UNIVERSITY [...]MMARY: As part of its outreach program with schools and universities, PAS Cotonou showed on December 15, the film "The Great Debaters"[...] |
2009-12-18 05:20:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO BN |
09COTONOU597 | BENIN: WJEI ORGANIZES TRAINING FOR MAGISTRATES, JUDICIAL [...]MMARY: As part of the Women's Justice and Empowerment Initiative (WJEI), DOJ/OPDAT AND DOJ/ICITAP organized a weeklong training for tw[...] |
2009-12-18 05:21:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KWMN BN |
09COTONOU606 | COTONOU: NOVEMBER 2009 REPORT ON THE MEDIA PLACEMENT OF [...]S Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered arti[...] |
2009-12-24 07:39:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO BN |
09COTONOU610 | AMBASSADOR KNIGHT'S COURTESY CALLS ON LOCAL BENINESE MEDIA [...]MMARY: In order to familiarize himself with local media and establish good working relations with them, the Ambassador initiated a ser[...] |
2009-12-29 06:13:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC ECPS BN |
09COTONOU67 | BENIN: ACT DRUGS ON PARALLEL MARKET [...]mmary: The Artemisinin-based combination therapy drug Coartem, for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria, supplied to the public hea[...] |
2009-02-27 03:04:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PGOV EAID ETRD BN |
09COTONOU71 | COTONOU REPORTS ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...]int January 6 The following articles were published: An article in the government-owned newspaper, La Nation, in the [...] |
2009-03-02 10:19:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC OIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR BN |
09COTONOU76 | BENIN SEASONSAL FOOD SECURITY OUTLOOOK [...]U) From February 15 to 20, a joint evaluation team from FEW Net, Benin's National Food Security Agency (ONASA), the World Food Program[...] |
2009-03-05 07:13:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON PGOV WFP BN NG TO |
09COTONOU81 | BENIN - INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP DECISION ON THE STATUS OF [...]n response to REF A post has sent Diplomatic Note No. 049 to the Government of Benin's (GOB) Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 5, 2[...] |
2009-03-05 14:55:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KREC MARR MOPS BN |
09COTONOU82 | BENIN: GPRA Report-WOMEN'S MONTH Programming [...]SCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: The American Cultural Center in Benin hosted the showing of the film dealing with sexual harassment entitled "A[...] |
2009-03-06 08:36:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC OEXC KPAO KISL SCUL BN |
09COTONOU89 | BENIN: GPRA REPORT: WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH LAUNCH [...]UMMARY: Post held a series of program activities on March 5, 2009 to launch Women's History Month. The day's activities, part of the [...] |
2009-03-11 09:10:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC SCUL OIIP KPAO BN |
09COTONOU91 | BENIN: INPUT TO CI/KR LIST [...][...] |
2009-03-13 07:12:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP BN |
09COTONOU92 | BENIN: U.S. POLICY IN IRAQ POINTS DELIVERED [...][...] |
2009-03-13 07:12:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BN |
09COTONOU95 | IMF ANALYSIS OF EFFECTS OF WORLD FINANCIAL CRISIS ON BENIN [...]) SUMMARY: The Resident Representative (resrep)of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Koffi Yao presented the IMF report on the worl[...] |
2009-03-16 10:16:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BN |
09LAPAZ66 | EVO BREAKS RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL; ATTACKS VATICAN [...]) Summary: President Evo Morales announced January 13 that Bolivia would break relations with Israeli, although the Israeli Honorary C[...] |
2009-01-14 22:43:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR OFDP VN IS VT BN |
09NIAMEY110 | NIGER-BURKINA FASO CONCUR ON TERMS OF REFERRAL OF BORDER [...]n February 23-24, Government of Niger (GON) and Government of Burkina Faso foreign ministers, experts, local authorities, and communit[...] |
2009-02-27 14:11:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS ECIN PGOV SOCI ICJ UV NG BN |
09PARIS1459 | AMBASSADOR KNIGHT'S DISCUSSIONS WITH FRENCH [...]C) SUMMARY: New U.S. Ambassador to Benin, James Knight, on October 23 received from French officials a mixed assessment of the curren[...] |
2009-10-29 15:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV KCOR PINR BN FR |
09PARISFR1137 | UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL RACE ENTERS THE LAST LAP [...]SBU) Summary: Egypt's Farouk Hosni leads the pack in the race to be UNESCO's next Director-General. He appears to have 20-25 votes o[...] |
2009-08-18 15:26:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNESCO EG AU EC BU LH RS BN |
09STATE74730 | (U) FOLLOW-UP TO AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT [...]C/NF) AS POST IS AWARE, THE AFRICAN UNION (AU) AT ITS SUMMIT IN SIRTE, LIBYA ON 1-3 JULY DECIDED TO NOT COOPERATE WITH THE INTERNATIO[...] |
2009-07-17 17:01:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PREL AG AO BC BN BV BY CD CF CG CM CN CT CV |
09STATE88241 | (U) RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE IN AFRICA [...]C) RUSSIA APPEARS TO BE INCREASING ITS ECONOMIC FOCUS ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, AS ILLUSTRATED BY PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV'S RECENT TRIP TO TH[...] |
2009-08-24 21:40:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR BBSR ECON EINV AO BC BN BY CD CF CG CM CN CT |
10COTONOU31 | BENIN: NGOS CRITICIZE GOVERNMENT ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORT [...]UMMARY: The Government of Benin (GOB) is drawing increasingly strident criticism for the dragging pace of its anti-corruption campai[...] |
2010-01-21 14:19:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCOR BN |
10COTONOU51 | BENIN MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY OBSERVANCE: 'BOYCOTT' FILM [...]UMMARY: From January 13 to January 20, 2010, PAS Cotonou organized screenings of 'Boycott' in observance of Martin Luther King Day. [...] |
2010-01-29 11:49:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO BN |
10COTONOU53 | BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI's STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS [...]UMMARY: In his annual year-end State of the Nation address, President Yayi emphasized that the Government of Benin (GOB)has made stea[...] |
2010-01-29 11:54:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN PHUM KMCA BN |
10COTONOU65 | BENIN ENGLISH OUTREACH: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. SPEECH [...]MMARY: On January 27, PAS Cotonou hosted a well attended Martin Luther King, Jr. speech contest to promote the use of English and to u[...] |
2010-02-04 16:43:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO BN |
10COTONOU66 | BENIN: IRC BOOK DISCUSSION: ?WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? [...]MMARY: On January 28 2010, the U.S. Embassy hosted a well-attended book discussion at the American Cultural Center (ACC) Information R[...] |
2010-02-04 16:44:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KIRC KPAO BN |
10COTONOU67 | BENIN OUTREACH PROGRAM: WORKSHOP ON ETHICS AND [...]UMMARY: On January 29, PAS Cotonou hosted a well-attended training workshop for twenty Beninese reporters sharpen their professional [...] |
2010-02-04 17:13:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO BN |
10COTONOU73 | S/GWI Project Proposal for Benin. [...]UMMARY OF PROPOSED PROGRAM: This S/GWI project proposal for Benin consists of equipping and renovating Benin's existing DNA laboratory[...] |
2010-02-09 17:11:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO BN |
10COTONOU80 | BENIN SUBMISSION FOR 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...]BU) The Government of Benin (GOB) continued to make steady progress towards combating child trafficking. The GOB provided to Post pros[...] |
2010-02-12 10:57:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KTIP KCRM KFRD KWMN BN |
10COTONOU88 | BENIN: AF A/S CARSON AND FOREIGN MINISTER STRESS BILATERAL [...]U) SUMMARY: On February 5, 2010, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson met Benin's Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-M[...] |
2010-02-16 14:07:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM KMCA HA BN |
10COTONOU90 | BENIN: AF A/S CARSON MEETS PRESIDENT YAYI [...]SBU) SUMMARY: A/S Carson's meeting with Benin's President Yayi strongly buttressed Yayi's determination to pursue close collaboration[...] |
2010-02-16 14:18:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM KMCA HA BN |