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African Studies and African Country Resources @ Pitt

This guide provides selected high-quality resources on the global, political, economic, social and cultural aspects of the continent of Africa and its countries. It features individual country pages as well as sources searchable by topic or country.

Flag of Benin

National Profile Resources

Government E-Portal
Official Web site of the Government of Benin (in French)
The World Bank
Country Profile
University of Benin
Web site of the University of Benin with local and international news section

Benin and U.S. Relations

U.S. Department of State
Information collections on Benin
CIA World Factbook
Country Profile
Embassy
Official Web site of the Embassy of Benin to the United States

Books

Benin Women In Culture, Business and Travel by World Trade Press
Call Number: Available Online
Benin Media, Internet and Telecommunications Complete Profile by World Trade Press
Call Number: Available Online
Benin Money and Banking by World Trade Press
Call Number: Available Online

Maps

Culture

UNESCO
Benin properties on the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Heritage List
Ethnologue
Online catalogue of world languages

News Sources

All Africa
Based in Africa, this source produces and aggregates articles from over 130 news organizations
Africa.com
Founded by a former professor of the Wits Business School in South Africa
New York Times
Times Topics: Benin
The Guardian
Articles and online resources on Benin in this U.K. daily focusing on world news

Blogs

Benin Plugged In
Blog of a traveller's visit to Benin with images
World Bank Blogs
Posts from World Bank staff on Benin

RSS Feed - Benin

News Updates from All Africa