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Coral reef thought to be dead for 60 years found alive off Africa's Benin coast. Scientists spot fish and coral deep underwaterScientists have rediscovered a coral reef off Benin that was first reported in the 1960s but was believed to be dead. Using modern sonar an...- This beautiful floating flower was introduced as an ornamental plant. Now it chokes rivers, dams, and creeks across the worldNigeria is grappling with serious ecological and economic hurdles due to the spread of the invasive water hyacinth weed. This aggressive pl...
- Indian rice draws global interest as 3,317 buyers from 138 countries register for BIRC 2026: IREFOver 3,300 buyers from 138 countries registered for the upcoming Bharat International Rice Conference. This wide geographical spread highli...
- Asia Rice: India rates hit near one-year high on tight supplyIndian rice export prices have reached their highest level in nearly a year. Vietnam's rice prices also increased for a third consecutive w...
- India's January to June rice exports climb 5% as non-basmati shipments rise, sources sayIndia's rice exports grew five percent in early 2026, driven by non-basmati shipments. Higher demand from African nations boosted non-basma...
- Gagan Gupta, man on a mission to industrialise AfricaGagan Gupta is industrializing Africa through his Arise holding company. He focuses on processing local resources and creating skilled jobs...
- Benin government says has 'foiled' coup attemptMilitary and security sources said that around a dozen soldiers had been arrested, including those behind the coup bid. The west Africa reg...
- Benin military coup on Television reason: What is going on in African nation? Has government really been toppled? Who are responsible?Benin military coup: On television, eight soldiers with assault rifles, wearing berets of various colours and calling themselves the "Milit...
- Premier Energies secures USD 20 mn solar contracts in West AfricaHomegrown Premier Energies secured solar contracts worth USD 19.95 million in Benin, West Africa, to expand clean energy access. The projec...
- JNIM: How an al-Qaeda ally became Africa’s most dangerous jihadist group and why the US should worryJama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin is a dangerous group. It is causing instability in West Africa. The group formed in 2017. It has grown...
- In Benin, Voodoo's birthplace, believers bemoan steady shrinkage of forests they revere as sacredFor many people in Benin, the forests empowered them before they were born, or in the first months of their lives. Barren women performed V...
- 2023 Polar Music Prize: Beninese artist and songwriter Angélique Kidjo becomes 3rd African to receive the awardAngélique Kidjo, a singer-songwriter originally from Benin and also a five-time Grammy winner, has been named as one of the three awardees ...
- Germany returns 22 Benin Bronze looted artefacts to Nigeria. See detailsSome of the well-known ceremonial heads, an ivory carving, and a painted plaque were among the items that were returned in a ceremony held ...
- Glasgow claims UK first in planned return of Indian artefactsSix of the items were stolen from northern India in the 1800s.
- Ram Nath Kovind to visit West Africa this week seeking Atlantic outreachKovind chose Africa on his maiden trip aboard in Modi 2.0 with Delhi keen to made inroads in the region where China has a significant prese...
- Pirates free oil tanker with 22 Indian crew in Gulf of GuineaAll the crew members, released by pirates after four days, are safe and the ship has resumed sailing, officials added.
- Indian mission in Nigeria monitoring case of missing ship: MEAA merchant vessel owned by a Mumbai-based company, with 22 Indian nationals on board, is presumably missing in the Gulf of Guinea, MEA spok...
- No sign of ship with 22 Indians that vanished from West AfricaTill Saturday, there was no trace of the ship. The owners and the manning agent from Mumbai had alerted us about the missing ship,” said B ...
- BHEL bags export orders from Togo, BeninScancem International DA, Norway (Heidelberg Cement group) has placed the order for the motors for their cement plants, Ciments Du Togo S.A...
- Tata Power to provide technical services to Nigerian discomThis marks the company's foray into the power distribution segment in a foreign country, Tata Power MD Anil Sardana said
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