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Between 700 and 800 African troops from Benin, Nigeria, Togo and Burkina Faso have arrived, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the West African force would include 600 troops from Nigeria, 500 each from Niger, Burkina Faso, Togo and Senegal, and 300 from Benin.
Benin's football federation compiled the list from clubs across Europe in response to an invitation, on their website, for players across the world originally from Benin or of Beninoise origin to contact them.
He said preparations were "gathering pace" for the deployment of a West African force, including 600 troops from Nigeria, and 500 each from Niger, Burkina Faso, Togo and Senegal, and 300 from Benin.
The force will be made up of 900 Nigerian soldiers, the first of whom will leave for Bamako on Wednesday, as well as troops from Benin, Ghana, Niger, Senegal, Guinea, Burkina Faso and Togo.
Between 700 and 800 African troops from Benin, Nigeria, Togo and Burkina Faso have arrived, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Friday, and a number of Senegalese troops and up to 2, 000 from Chad are on the way.
The highest political authorities from Brazil (Ministers of Promotion of Racial Equality, Tourism, Education, Culture as well as the Governor of the Federal District), and important personalities from Benin, Ecuador, Nigeria, Senegal who are concerned by this thematic, will be present on that occasion.
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The Met created its Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas in 1969 and it now owns over 300 bronzes and ivories from historical Benin.
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Masseda overcame a 2-0 first leg deficit in the previous round to eliminate Issia Wazi of the Ivory Coast after launching their first African campaign with a comfortable success against UNB from neighbouring Benin.
The defender lashed an ambitious shot from long range which caught Benin goalkeeper Yoann Djidonou off his line and dropped into the top-right corner of the net.
The pieces, which will go on view next fall, include 32 bronze figures and relief sculptures from the historical kingdom of Benin in what is now southwestern Nigeria.
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From April 11 to 17 in Cotonou (Benin), the School will introduce new teaching tools developed by UNESCO to assist States in safeguarding.
The son of a Swiss pediatrician, Gandur, 64, grew up in Alexandria, Egypt, became and oil trader in the 1970s and by the 1990s had made such keeconnections in west Africa that he had been dubbed Commander of the National Order in Benin, has a diplomatic passport from Senegal, and for a decade was honorary consul in Geneva for Republic of Congo.
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His desire to make a difference has seen him working with charities such as Oxfam and SOS, while in 2009 he spoke at the United Nations' Summit on Climate Change in New York -- a far cry from his early days as a lonely child in Benin.
The Premiership is indeed a long way from home for Aghahowa who began his career at hometown club Bendel Insurance of Benin, in south-western Nigeria.
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Rumor had it that after he became the head of Baz Benin, Tiye had collected highly incriminating drug-related dirt on everyone, from the lowest street cop to Supreme Court judges.
In other African qualifying action, Ghana, who became the first from the continent to reach the 2010 finals last month, were beaten 1-0 by Benin in a Group D match Cotonou.
Kanoute is struggling to recover from a ligament strain in his right knee acquired in Mali's 0-0 draw with Benin in Porto Novo on 3 June.
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