Benin gets 130 mln USD loan from China for road rehabilitation

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COTONOU, Aug. 27 -- China has given Benin a preferential loan of 130 million U. S. dollars to fund the rehabilitation of a road linking the towns of Akassato and Bohicon, a diplomatic source said on Monday.

Measuring 140 km, the Akassato-Bohicon road is of a regional nature, because it does not only link West Africa to Central Africa, but also Benin to hinterland countries like Niger and Burkina Faso.

Benin's Finance Minister Jonas Gbian said the rehabilitation of Akassato-Bohicon road comes under the auspices of the vast program to upgrade key transport infrastructure projects through repair of existing road network and proper management of priority roads under the integration program of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

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