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

Edo, is rejecting a provision in a new bill before the National Assembly. The bill aims to establish a Nigerian Council of ...

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.

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has criticized Governor Monday Okpebholo for what it described as ...

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated Governor Monday Okpebholo over his assertions on the ...

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

Nollywood’s epic film landscape has long been dominated by Yoruba mythology. Now, Gold Lilies Production is changing the game ...

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 granting citizenship to descendants of enslaved people.

President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent congratulatory messages to President Patrice Talon of Benin, and President Karin Keller-Sutter of the Swiss Confederation on the ...

A Royal seat, Benin, Cana (18th-19th century) is displayed during the exhibition "Restitution of 26 works from the royal treasury in Abomey" at the Quai Branly museum before a ceremony to mark the ...