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
2005 African Youth Championship 2005 African Youth Championship The 2005 African Youth Championship was an international football competition that took place between 15 and 29 January 2005. The tournament was hosted by Benin and also served as qualification for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. Burundi and Mauritius withdrew. A bye was therefore given to respectively the Republic of Congo and Lesotho. Republic of Congo, Congo Kinshasa, Ethiopia, Gabon and Tanzania withdrew. A bye was therefore given to respectively Cameroon, Nigeria, Zambia, Ghana and Zimbabwe. Niger were disqualified by the FIFA. Accusations were made to each other from Lesotho and Zimbabwe of using over-aged