Cassandra Lewis awaits approval from West African nation while reflecting on her great-great-grandfather Cudjo Lewis's ...

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.

Imagine discovering a path back to your ancestral homeland, a place where history whispers through ancient routes and ...

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

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

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

The annual Tour du Benin, first held in 1990, is now a key April date on the Africa Tour, but the two Grands Prix that follow - one for men and one for women - are also important.

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

Benin's parliament has voted to legalise abortion in most circumstances, the health ministry said on Thursday, becoming one of only a handful of African countries to do so.

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 ...