The programme will focus on three areas, including improving access to education by building and repairing schools and upgrading the quality of education by producing school books, training teachers and supporting innovative teaching methods. It will also seek to improve management by producing a database and raising teacher salaries, OCHA said. Over the years, Benin has hosted thousands of refugees, most of them from Togo. During a political crisis in Togo in 1992-1993, some 150,000 Togolese fled to the neighbouring country. Helping to improve access to reproductive health services Helping to improve women's access to reproductive health care services is the thrust of the first project to be carried out in Benin by the international relief and development organisation CARE, which on Thursday announced the start of its operations in the West African nation.
Infant mortality is also high.
Many reported killed in ethnic clashes At least 30 people were killed and 10 others seriously injured in communal clashes on Sunday between rival Arab communities in northern Mali, AFP reported. AFP said the fighting occurred in the desert between Gao and Kidal, lasted six hours and had to do with a conflict over territory and leadership in the area. Malian troops were sent to the area to restore order and address grievances on both sides, according to AFP, which reported that fighting between the two groups in July left at least 27 dead. An international human rights watchdog on Monday accused Cameroon's government of systematically perpetrating rights violations ranging from illegitimate detention to torture and deaths in custody. The floods in Cameroon were caused by heavy rains and the spilling of water from the Lagdo hydroelectric dam.