Fast-rising singer Qing Madi has released her highly anticipated debut album titled 'I Am The Blueprint'. Before its release, ...

Two associates of Benin’s president have been sentenced to 20 years in prison, following their arrest last year on suspicion of plotting a coup in the small West African country.

A court in Benin on Thursday sentenced two former allies of President Patrice Talon to 20 years in jail on charges of ...

The banks and delta of the Mono River in Benin are home to mangrove swamps which harbour fish and rare wild birds -- and some ...

OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP Also in Benin days earlier ... around him are among more than 100,000 people who have fled their homes in Masisi, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in the past ...

OUIDAH, Benin As children dance with great speed and energy in colorful robes, guided by the drumbeats and chants from dance troupes, the gods and spirits that are evident all around the arena are ...

It is a super highway to ECOWAS and Europe and the home of the most significant border post in Nigeria. Majority of Nigerian cargoes stemmed down at ports in Benin Republic and Togo Republic will be ...

HE Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al Khulaifi met today with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Benin Olushegun Adjadi Bakari ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Voodoo is often shrouded in mystery, or demonized. But at the annual Voodoo festival in Benin, tourists are ...

OUIDAH, Benin (AP) — As children dance with great speed and energy in colorful robes, guided by the drumbeats and chants from dance troupes, the gods and spirits that are evident all around the ...

Zangbeto masquerades the traditional Voodoo guardians of the night performing ahead of the annual Voodoo Festival in Ouidah, Benin, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) ...

The Economic Community of West African States has condemned the recent violent attacks in Northern Benin that claimed dozens of lives. The attacks occurred on Wednesday in the Point Trible area ...