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

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 ...

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

As Rolling Stone Africa's latest cover star, Ciara took a cultural visit to Benin where she left with citizenship to the West ...

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

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 ...

UNITED NATIONS, July 30 (Xinhua) -- An estimated 80,000 children are at high risk of cholera as the rainy season begins across West and Central Africa, a UN spokesperson said Wednesday.

On Feb. 8-10, a series of roadside bombings in northern Benin’s W National Park killed seven employees of the conservation group African Parks, including four rangers and a French anti-poaching ...

Benin entrepreneur transforms plant waste into charcoal By Pulcherie Adjoha and Seraphin Zounyekpe February 22, 202312:47 PM PSTUpdated February 22, 2023 ...