Taylor warns against harassment of investors President Charles Taylor has warned public officials he will punish them or any other people if they are caught harassing investors, Star radio reported on Thursday. The superintendent of the southern county of Sinoe, Willemina Davies, has cautioned residents against fanning ethnic hatred, Star radio reported on Thursday. She was reacting to a complaint she received from the commissioner of Kpanyan District, Amos Dweh, that people from two communities, the Numopo and Tartua, had refused to work together. Dweh raised the concern during a citizens' meeting with Davies, who promised a reconciliation meeting between the two communities. 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.
The centre also includes a training site at which some 200 refugees and inhabitants of the neighbouring village will be taught courses in areas such as farming, livestock development, masonry and carpentry. 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. Parliamentarians want the north declared a disaster zone Parliamentarians from northern Ghana have called for three regions affected by floods this month to be declared a disaster zone so that resources needed to assist people there can be mobilised. He said the government alone could not stand the cost of rehabilitating the area and appealed to NGOs, international organisations, churches and donor agencies to help by providing food aid, building materials and drugs.