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EU gives 28 billion CFA to improve roads

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    The European Union has given two grants worth more than 28 billion FCFA (US $41 million) for road construction and improvement in Benin, an EU official in Cotonou told IRIN on Wednesday.

    The first grant, worth some 15.7 billion FCFA, will go towards repairing and resurfacing some 100km of road between Natitingou and Porga in the north of the country. The second, some 12,5 billion FCFA will pay for the reconstruction and widening of some 7 km of road in the south, the EU said.

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