Five Benin Bronzes that were donated by Lehman remain in the museum’s collection, including a pendant showing an oba and two dignitaries. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Robert Owen Lehman Collection.

Nearly two years after Niger's military seized power and the border with Benin was shut, tensions over security, sovereignty and French influence have hardened into a stand-off throttling trade ...

Benin is headed for its deadliest month of Islamist violence since militants linked to al-Qaeda began making inroads in the West African country in 2021.

Wealthy banking scion who rescinded gift of MFA’s African bronzes is a collector — and maker — of art Robert Owen Lehman, whose forebear cofounded finance giant Lehman Bros., collected music ...

Al Qaeda affiliate JNIM said it killed 70 soldiers in raids on two military posts in north Benin, the biggest death count claimed by jihadists in the country in over a decade of activity in West ...

A Virginia man was charged with second-degree murder after the shooting. The teenager’s friends told the authorities they had been filming a video of the prank for TikTok.

Benin’s Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, also called Pendjari National Park, and its surroundings have been targeted by non-state armed groups since 2019. Pendjari National Park, which covers ...

Taiwo Olamide Oluboyo graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Benin, with a first-class honours. He finished in the ...

A Poulsbo man is accused of sexually assaulting a teenager after sheriff's investigators say he contacted her on Snapchat.

A 17-year-old was shot and killed on May 6 in Milwaukee. The teenager was shot and killed at about 2:30 a.m. on the 3900 block of West Cherry Street.

A North Carolina teenager was killed Saturday in a car crash on his way to senior prom. The aspiring mechanic was planning to attend trucking school after graduation.