Some West African villages are known for voodoo, intense rituals, powerful masked dances and fire-eating ceremonies. Art ...

By Mongabay.com In the West African nation of Benin, Vodun, an ancient spiritual religion rooted in a deep connection between humans and nature, has become a primary tool for protecting the country’s ...

A coral reef, missing and presumed dead, has been found alive and well off the coast of Benin. Surveys in the 1960s, focused ...

Some 60 years ago scientists documented a coral reef off the coast of Benin in West Africa that they presumed was already ...

Swiss authorities returned 18 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria on Monday in a ceremony at the National Museum in Lagos. This is the latest addition to the nation’s growing collection of repatriated treasures.

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II has formally received 18 Benin artefacts that have been in the custody of Switzerland government over the past 125 years, insisting that cultural royal objects are not ...

Sixty years after surveyors first uncovered evidence of a sprawling coral reef off the West African nation of Benin, ...

Film star promotes Christopher Nolan film epic wearing gold artefacts dating back almost 3,000 years ...

Swiss authorities on Monday returned 18 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria in a ceremony at the National Museum in Lagos, the latest addition to the nation's growing collection of repatriated treasures.

Swiss government minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider visited the African country to mark the beginning of a new chapter in cultural cooperation between the two countries. The visit ...

A 60-year mystery has been solved as researchers discover a coral ecosystem on the Benin-Togo continental shelf that is still ...