Two outbreaks of bird flu among poultry in Benin are the deadly H5N1 strain, the agriculture minister of the small West African state said.
The young men who had left to work in Togo or Benin returned home.
And although the watchdog group Freedom House ranks Benin as free, it ranks Pakistan as only partly free.
Benin: The outbreak which started in Cotonou in early June has now spread to Oueme region.
Large-scale emergency polio immunization campaigns were conducted on 13-16 June in high-risk and border areas of Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, followed by additional campaigns in July.
A survey by Thea Hilhorst of 99 smaller projects in Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger reported "hardly any" rural job creation.
The other countries are Senegal, Cameroon, Benin, Togo and Chad.
Elsewhere, countries like Ethiopia, Benin and Malawi now have more than 70% of their populations living in slums.
Samples dating to the 14th century were once found in Nigeria, Benin and Togo.
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