Benin hopes that its latest moves will promote cultural tourism. The country’s coastline is part of what was once known as ...

Singer Ciara gains Benin citizenship under Afro-descendant law, honoring slave trade history and Black diaspora heritage.

Benin's citizenship law carries significance in part because of the role it played in the transatlantic slave trade.

U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West African country.

Approximately 1.5 million Africans were captured, enslaved, and deported to the New World by Benin's tribal leaders.

US singer Ciara has become one of the first public figures to be granted citizenship of Benin, under a new law offering ...

As Benin celebrated its 65th Independence Day, President Patrice Talon delivered a deeply emotional and unifying message—his ...

History was made. It was the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls of African Descent. Benin Republic chose ...

U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West ...