From roughly 1600 to 1900, the Kingdom of Dahomey carved out a powerful position in West Africa and a unique place on the ...

Benin’s Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, also called Pendjari National Park, and its surroundings have been targeted by non-state ...

A set of ancient Benin Bronzes is on its way back to Nigeria after over a century in a Dutch museum. On Monday, May 19, 2025, ...

This was in 1897 and 128 years later, Nigeria is still negotiating the bronzes' return around the world -- with mixed results ...

EU leaders urge talks but brace for retaliation as Trump’s tariffs spark backlash, with warnings of global economic harm and ...

In February, Google co-founder Sergey Brin told AI staffers they needed to return to the office every weekday, and that 60 ...

Kenyan Lawyer Martha Karua Deported from TanzaniaKenyan lawyer and former justice minister Martha Karua was deported from Tanzania to stop her from attending opposition leader Tundu Lissu's court ...

With Netflix and Amazon cooling on content investments in the region, African filmmakers are forging new models of ...

The U.K.’s £1.98 billion pledge to the World Bank’s IDA fund is “currently under review,” adding to development leaders’ ...

M ati Diop’s “fantasy-documentary” Dahomey helps us sift through cultural exploitation by Hollywood, Broadway, and other centers of political instruction. Theodor Adorno, of the Marxist Frankfurt ...

Finland has repatriated a ceremonial stool looted by French forces from the Kingdom of Dahomey over a century ago, marking a ...