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__BENIN__

-Mr. Yayi won the second round of presidential election in March 2006. He gained more the 74% o the votes. -He was the head of-Born in 1952 into a Muslim family in the north, Mr Yayi later became an evangelical Christian. -Benin's president heads the government, the state and the military and appoints members of the cabinet. -pesidential elections have been set for 27 February 2011.
 * president:** Thomas Boni Yayi

- lies between the eqator and the tropic of cancer. Benin's latitude ranges from 6°30′ N to 12°30′ N and its longitude from 1° E to 3°40′ E. -Mostly flat plains of 200 meters average elevation, but the Atacora Mountains extend along the northwest border, with the highest point being Mont Sokbaro 658 meters. -limate: Tropical, average temperatures between 24o and 31oC. Humid in south; semiarid in north. -Benin's economy is chiefly based on agriculture. -Since the transition to a democratic government in 1990, Benin has undergone a remarkable economic recovery. -Cotton accounts for 40% of GDP and roughly 80% of official export receipts. -In March 2003 the World Bank and IMF agreed to support Benin under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative. Debt relief under HIPC amounts to were 460 million. Benin received $27.1 million in 2002 and received $32.9 million in 2003. HIPC will reduce Benin's debt to eprortratio, freeing up considerable resources for education, health, and other anti-poverty programs.
 * Geography:**
 * Economy:**
 * Population:**

8,532,547

gender- they are very strick on what women are alowed to do. There womans rights arnt that well. children- most of them get a little bit of schooling He was born in 1952 in Tchaourou, and that is where he grew up. -His job was head of the Togo-based west African Development Bank. - 1975-1977: served at the Benin Commercial Bank; - 1977-1989: served in various positions at the Central Bank of West African States - 1992-1994: Technical Advisor to the President of Benin for monetary and bank affairs, member of the Macroeconomic Analysis Cell of the President’s Office. - 1994-2006: President of the West African Development Bank. During his 12 year tenure, he succeeded in reorganizing the management of the Bank and in bringing in new shareholders and funds, which led to increased activities.
 * Social Struture:**
 * Thomas Boni Yayi:**

For his work as President of the West African Development Bank, he was appointed: ﻿ - Commandeur de l’Ordre National of Republic of Benin - Commandeur de l’Ordre National of Republic of Burkina Faso - Commandeur de l’Ordre National of Republic of Mali

- Commandeur de l’Ordre National du Lion of the Republic of Senegal -There were cases of police taking forces to harshly when it was un needed. Also there were problems going on where women were being mistreated. Women were being raped and abused. There was human trafficing going on for awhile. Slao people were killing babies. It was not the governments fualt these crimes were being commited, the government clearly states that this kind of behavoir is wrong.
 * Safety and Rule-**
 * Location: Most crimes occurred when Volunteers were in public areas (e.g., street, park, beach, public buildings). Specifically, 43 percent of assaults took place when Volunteers were away from their sites.
 * Time of day: Assaults usually took place on the weekend during the evening between 5:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m.— with most assaults occurring around 1:00 a.m.
 * Absence of others: Assaults usually occurred when the Volunteer was unaccompanied. In 82 percent of the sexual assaults the Volunteer was unaccompanied and in 55 percent of physical assaults the Volunteer was unaccompanied.

People who live in Benin have freedom. They have the freedom to pick what religion they are, what social groups they are, and everything. The cotizens vote for the president that they want. THat president will have 4 years as presendent before re-election. where they could get elected again or somebody new will get elected. You can only be president for a total of 8 years (2 terms)
 * Human Rights:**

Benin is getting opertunties to use computers and internet and phones. This can help them with money. the government got rid of a law and now children can go to school and get an education for free.
 * economic opportunities:**
 * Human development:**

__BAD__ there were some reports of the police taking o much force upon themselves and hurting citizens. -they would kill babies as they were born and trafficing the women. they had very poor womens rights

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