| 6,024,648 |
6.3625002 |
2.4254999 |
Benin |
|
An attempted assassination is made against the vice-chairman of the election commission. |
| 6,024,655 |
6.3625002 |
2.4254999 |
Benin |
|
students from Niger hold 6 embassy officials hosstage while on hunger strike demanding payment of bursaries |
| 6,024,662 |
6.3625002 |
2.4254999 |
Benin |
|
vigilante groups attack suspected thieves and criminals |
| 6,024,669 |
6.5067101 |
2.31933 |
Benin |
|
University professors strike demanding promotions and seniority status. |
| 6,024,675 |
9.6165104 |
2.5529201 |
Benin |
|
civil servants strike demanding payment of past due wages |
| 6,024,680 |
9.6165104 |
2.5529201 |
Benin |
|
civil servants renew strike demanding government follow through with agreement reached earlier in the month |
| 6,024,686 |
6.5067101 |
2.31933 |
Benin |
|
students protest demanding the abillity to return to classes. Professors have been on strike since Oct. |
| 6,024,691 |
6.6300001 |
1.72 |
Benin |
|
prisoners riot over slow pace of judicial system |
| 6,024,697 |
9.6165104 |
2.5529201 |
Benin |
|
oil workers strike in response to government freeze on company accounts |
| 6,024,703 |
6.3625002 |
2.4254999 |
Benin |
|
citizens demonstrating against the arrival of Robert Guei (Ivory Coast self declared President-elect) |
| 6,024,709 |
7.18362 |
1.9889899 |
Benin |
|
student protests to increase scholarships and improve studying conditions |
| 6,024,719 |
9.6165104 |
2.5529201 |
Benin |
|
random violence attacking polling stations during presidential run off |
| 6,024,725 |
6.4499998 |
2.3499999 |
Benin |
|
student protests over suspension of four other student protesters |
| 6,024,730 |
9.6165104 |
2.5529201 |
Benin |
|
Air Afrique workers strike demanding past due wages |
| 6,024,737 |
6.3625002 |
2.4254999 |
Benin |
|
custom agents strike in response to corruption probe launched by the finance ministry |
| 6,024,743 |
10.6793 |
3.60901 |
Benin |
|
Bandits attack a civilian convoy, killing 4. |
| 6,024,749 |
7.75 |
2.1833 |
Benin |
|
Bandits attack a convoy of civilians, killing 2. |
| 6,024,754 |
6.4333 |
2.6500001 |
Benin |
|
Nigerian bandits battle against Benin and Nigerian troops. |
| 6,024,763 |
6.3625002 |
2.4254999 |
Benin |
|
railway workers strike protesting monopolies preventing them from transporting goods outside the country |
| 6,024,769 |
9.6165104 |
2.5529201 |
Benin |
|
workers strike over salary and career advancement |
| 6,024,775 |
6.4949999 |
2.6240001 |
Benin |
|
student demonstrations over governments response to teacher strikes |
| 6,024,780 |
6.3625002 |
2.4254999 |
Benin |
|
government workers strike demanding higher wages |
| 6,024,785 |
6.4949999 |
2.6240001 |
Benin |
|
protest against the refusal of the interior ministry to recognize decisions made under the PRB congress in January |
| 6,024,791 |
6.3625002 |
2.4254999 |
Benin |
|
Soglo supporters ransacked polling stations due to what they claimed was a fraudulant polling system |
| 6,024,797 |
6.3625002 |
2.4254999 |
Benin |
|
protest again the Iraq war |
| 6,024,805 |
9.6165104 |
2.5529201 |
Benin |
|
Journalists stop reporting in response to police brutality |
| 6,024,811 |
9.6165104 |
2.5529201 |
Benin |
|
magistrates strike requesting more freedom from the executive branch |
| 6,024,817 |
9.6165104 |
2.5529201 |
Benin |
|
truck drivers strike protesting police harrassment |
| 6,024,823 |
9.6165104 |
2.5529201 |
Benin |
|
teachers strike demanding tax cuts and wage increases |
| 6,024,828 |
9.6165104 |
2.5529201 |
Benin |
|
public sector workers strike demanding wage increases |
| 6,024,834 |
6.4499998 |
2.3499999 |
Benin |
|
students violently protest government's choice of head of the university |
| 6,024,839 |
9.6165104 |
2.5529201 |
Benin |
|
television and radio workers strike against empolyer's plan to open a third television station |
| 6,024,847 |
9.6165104 |
2.5529201 |
Benin |
|
magistrates strike in response to intimidation and call for greater security from the central government |
| 6,024,852 |
9.6165104 |
2.5529201 |
Benin |
|
civil servants strike demanding elections be held on schedule |
| 6,024,857 |
6.3800201 |
2.7072301 |
Benin |
|
Nigerian gang members crossed the border to demand the return of one of their own. Violence began when the boy was not returned by the police. |
| 6,024,864 |
9.6165104 |
2.5529201 |
Benin |
|
opposition party protests presidential election irregularities |
| 6,024,869 |
9.6165104 |
2.5529201 |
Benin |
|
students protest against French presidential hopeful Sarkozy's restrictive immigration plan |
| 6,024,875 |
9.6165104 |
2.5529201 |
Benin |
|
illegal gasoline vendors protest the central government's decision to ban the illegal sale of gasoline |
| 6,024,882 |
9.6165104 |
2.5529201 |
Benin |
|
protests over the government's decision to extend lawmaker terms from four to five years |
| 6,024,889 |
8.2910995 |
2.2543001 |
Benin |
|
Unknown attackers fire at the president's convoy as he travels to campaign for legislative elections. |
| 6,024,895 |
6.3625002 |
2.4254999 |
Benin |
|
A small group carries out an armed robbery of two banks. Six are killed in the shootout with the army. |
| 6,024,904 |
6.3499198 |
2.24052 |
Benin |
|
Pirates attack a ship off the Benin coast, killing a Ukrainian sailor. |
| 6,024,910 |
6.3625002 |
2.4254999 |
Benin |
|
1000 protesters gather to denounce an incomplete electoral list ahead of the March 6 presidential elections. Police disperse the protest with tear gas. |
| 6,024,916 |
6.3625002 |
2.4254999 |
Benin |
|
About 200 people block roads into the capital to demand a postponement of the presidential vote. |
| 6,024,921 |
6.3625002 |
2.4254999 |
Benin |
|
Hundreds of opposition supporters protest in front of the electoral commission, claiming that the results of a recent election were mishandled. |
| 6,024,926 |
6.3625002 |
2.4254999 |
Benin |
|
Police fire tear gas to disperse opposition supporters that had gathered in front of their candidate's house to protest election results. |
| 6,024,931 |
6.3625002 |
2.4254999 |
Benin |
|
Police fire tear gas to disperse youths protesting the reelection of the president. |
| 6,024,936 |
6.3625002 |
2.4254999 |
Benin |
|
Pirates attack the MP Sea King, a chemical tanker, off the port of Cotonou. |
| 6,024,942 |
6.3625002 |
2.4254999 |
Benin |
|
Pirate seize an Italian tanker 23 nautical miles south of Cotonou. |
| 6,024,948 |
6.3625002 |
2.4254999 |
Benin |
|
Pirates board a Swedish tanker, but are chased away by the Benin navy. |
