Nigeria, winners of the Nations Cup in 1980 and 1994, are drawn against debutants Benin Republic and previous tournament winners South Africa and Morocco in the first round of matches at the 2004 finals.

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Mogas 90 of Benin Republic earned a slim 1-0 win over Al Nassr of Libya, Sudan's El Mereikh got a similar home win over Zambia's Green Buffaloes, while Saint Louis of Seychelles earned a 2-2 draw with Madagascar's Transfoot.

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The new funding will support HIV and AIDS prevention in 14 French-speaking countries in West and Central Africa, namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo.

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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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