Human rights in Benin citizens?" The report called on Benin to "[d]ecriminalize sexual relations between consenting, same-sex individuals and establish educational programs and appropriate policies for police that promote the personal security of all Benin citizens regardless of sexual orientation". It is illegal to discriminate against people based on HIV status, and overt instances of such discrimination are reportedly not frequent. There is no majority ethnic group in Benin. A range of ethnic groups is represented in the public sector. There is a system for protecting refugees, of which the country held about 7,300 at the end of 2010, most of them from Togo.
Ecobank Ghana of Ghana, the central bank of the country, which also functions as the national banking regulator, gave approval for Ecobank Transnational to acquire 100% interest in The Trust Bank (TTB), another licensed commercial bank. At the time, the total asset valuation of TTB was approximately US$119 million (GH¢ 220 million). Ecobank has successfully merged TTB and EBG. The new bank is known as Ecobank Ghana Limited. Ecobank Ghana Ecobank Ghana is a commercial bank in Ghana. It is one of the commercial banks licensed by the Bank of Ghana, the national banking regulator. EBG is a member of the Pan-African