Benin

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Capital: Porto-Novo Government: Presidential Representative Democratic Republic Current President: Patrice Talon Economy: Underdeveloped. Dependent on subsistence agriculture, cotton production, and regional trade. Population: 12,864,634 (2020) Land Size: 112,622 sq km (43,484 sq miles) Major Ethnic Groups: Fon and related: 38.4% Adja and related: 15.1% Yoruba and related: 12% Bariba and related: 9.6% Fulani and related: 8.6% Ottamari and related: 6.1% Yoa-Lokpa and related: 4.3% Dendi and related: 2.9% Other: 1.8% (includes Europeans)

Religions: Catholic: 25.5% Muslim: 27.7% Vodoun: 11.6% Protestant: 13.5% (Celestial: 6.7%, Methodist: 3.4%, other Protestant: 3.4%) Other Christian: 9.5% Other: 11% Language(s): French (official) Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south) Tribal languages Links: CIA World Fact Book: Benin U.S. Department of State: Benin BBC News: Benin Beninese Embassy in the U.S. La Nation (French)

RECENT NEWS

• Fri - Sep 18, 2020: Feeding The Future With Homegrown Cassava, Rice - AllAfrica News: Benin
  [allAfrica] Dakar and Cape Town -- The United States African Development Foundation (USADF) is celebrating a decade of its Feed the Future campaign, which enables partner organisations to target the root causes of poverty and hunger. Its work has been focused on the most marginalized communities, where there are concentrations of poverty and hunger - with all the attendant social and health problems, including 'stunting', when children who are undernourished before their fifth birthdays will never be able to achieve their full mental or phy
• Sun - Sep 13, 2020: Growing Low-Cost Rural Connectivity - AllAfrica News: Benin
  [Balancing Act] London -- The low-cost rural operator space has grown but given the size of the opportunity it has been mighty slow. This week Russell Southwood spoke to Michael Darcy, CEO and Founder of AMN about its expansion plans and its purchase of equipment vendor Range Networks.