Transport in Benin which aims to link the railways of Benin with Niger and Burkina Faso. Benin will be a participant in the AfricaRail project. Benin possesses a total of 6,787 km of highway, of which 1,357 km are paved. Of the paved highways in the country, there are 10 expressways. This leaves 5,430 km of unpaved road. The Trans–West African Coastal Highway crosses Benin, connecting it to Nigeria to the east, and Togo, Ghana and Ivory Coast to the west. When construction in Liberia and Sierra Leone is finished, the highway will continue west to seven other Economic Community of West African
Benin–Haiti relations victims. Traditional ceremonies were organized to appease the spirits and seek the blessing of ancestors for the Haitians. Benin–Haiti relations Benin–Haiti relations refers to the current and historical relationship between Benin and Haiti. Haiti and Benin maintain diplomatic relations with a Haitian office in Cotonou, although Benin does not currently maintain an official diplomatic presence in the country due to the 2010 earthquake. Benin contributed a contingency of 32 police/civilian personnel to MINUSTAH. The two countries share an extensive cultural history by way of the Atlantic slave trade and the resulting importing of Vodou as a religious force in Haitian