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

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

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

We're supplying players in Benin with much needed training and equipment to help grow the game globally” - Wally Langfellow - BIB program founder ROBBINSDALE, MN, UNITED STATES, August 1, 2025 ...

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

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 ...

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

Ciera received her Beninese citizenship, but she isn’t the first to receive dual citizenship from a nation in the motherland.

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.

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 ...

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