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

Photo: Getty Images North America Grammy award-winning singer Ciara is among the first public figures to be granted ...

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

An estimated 80,000 children are at high risk of cholera as the rainy season begins across West and Central Africa, a UN ...

Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee will be bridging gaps after being named Benin’s official ambassadors to African Americans in ...

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

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

The UN Children’s Fund says Nigeria has the second-highest number of cases of cholera outbreak in West and Central Africa.

An estimated 80,000 children are at severe risk of cholera as heavy rains sweep across West and Central Africa, exacerbating ...

Russia will sign an intergovernmental agreement on military cooperation with Benin. This was reported to Izvestia by Russian Ambassador to the African Republic Igor Evdokimov. There is a similar ...

Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone launched large-scale malaria vaccine programmes on Thursday under an Africa-focused initiative that hopes to save tens of thousands of children's lives per year ...

West Africa is the birthplace of Voodoo; in Togo and Benin ancestors commingle with the living. Whether it’s vulture heads for sale at a fetish market or sacred bloodstained altars, Voodoo is ...