Benin , Country, Africa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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BENIN , country, Africa benen , officially Republic...112,622 sq km), W Africa, bordering on Togo in...the practice of using women as soldiers, conquered...made part of French West Africa . Under the French a...instability that was caused by economic troubles, ethnic rivalries...