LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Benin has joined a growing list of African countries where military officers have seized power since 2020. The military takeover lasted several hours on Sunday before officials ...

Ancestral African art is a linchpin of identity and a source of inspiration to creatives across the continent. But an estimated 90% % of cultural artifacts still remain outside of Africa, according to ...

The Benin Country Partnership Framework (FY27–36) aims to boost job creation, strengthen infrastructure, and address fragility caused by regional instability. Leveraging World Bank, IFC, and MIGA ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — 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 ...

Benin's Interior Minister, Alassane Seidou, stated in a press release on Sunday that the country's armed forces had thwarted an attempted coup. “In the early morning of Sunday, December 7, 2025, a ...

Three senators from Haiti pause in reflection in front of a statue of their country's independence hero Toussaint Louverture in Allada, southern Benin, where he had his roots. The West African and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Benin's President, Patrice Talon, voted this Sunday at his polling place in Cotonou, the capital of Benin, as voters all over the ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Benin has joined a growing list of African countries where military officers have seized power since 2020. In a familiar scene across West Africa, a group of soldiers appeared on ...