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The Prefect of the Department of Littoral in Benin, Modeste Toboula and the minister of Decentralization, Barnabe Dassigli have been sacked by President Patrice Talon.

The Beninese and Nigerian navies have scrambled search parties to look for some forty people who went missing after a boat carrying a hundred Beninese traders sank in the River Niger on Wednesday.

Benin has agreed to join a regional programme to facilitate the supply of petroleum products in the ECOWAS region, the cabinet said in a statement seen by APA on Thursday.

The government of Benin and the Kuwaiti Fund for Arab Economic Development on Monday signed a CFA10billion loan agreement meant for financing a project to strengthen drinking water supply systems in the cities of Boukoumbe (North), Cove and Zagnanado (Center).

The Union of West African Football Federations (UFOA) has suspended Benin for two years from all its competitions, following its withdrawal from the UFOA U20 tournament last year.

Benin will hold legislative elections on April 28 2019, the Cabinet announced on Wednesday after a meeting.