Benin recently inaugurated President Romuald Wadagni as its new leader in the latest transition in the West African nation.

The Oba of Benin, Omo ‘N’ Oba N’edo, Ewuare 11, said yesterday that the Benin people were writing their history by themselves for proper presentation of issues and events. He said many accounts of the ...

The controversial debates over the founding of Lagos between the Yoruba and Benin, sparked by Oba Ewuare II's claim, have continued unabated A newspaper columnist, Lasisi Olagunju, examined historical ...

On Nov. 28, 2017, French President Emmanuel Macron made strides in the African art restitution movement. Macron spoke at the University of Ouagadougou in West Africa and directly addressed the history ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When Nadege Anelka first came to the West African country of Benin from her home island of Martinique, a French overseas territory in the Caribbean, the 57-year-old travel agent ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... British troops in 1897 mounted a violent, retaliatory raid on the Kingdom of Benin, in what’s now southern Nigeria, looting and burning the royal palace and ...

Do you know that Benin’s official capital is not its busiest or most modern city? It is tucked along the southeastern coastline near the Gulf of Guinea. The history of the city echoes through colonial ...