After a 27-year hiatus, drilling has resumed at one of West Africa’s oldest offshore oil fields, as Singapore-based Akrake ...

As the vibrant rhythms of traditional drums fill the air, Oscar Ue-bi's eyes gleam behind his intricately carved Zaouli mask.

A 4,000-year-old stone slab, first discovered over a century ago in France, may be the oldest known map in Europe, according to a new study.

A three-foot-tall statue of the Virgin Mary was brought to Santa Fe 400 years ago, and "La Conquistadora" is the oldest statue of the Madonna and Child in the U.S.

By Nwafor Sunday Rising artist Phenom Derriq has revealed that he is ready to put his hometown of Benin City on the global creative map. In a statement issued by his media team, Derriq noted that ...

Holding a Nigerian flag emblazoned with the words “Stolen from Africa. Reparations!” in front of the museum’s Benin Bronzes exhibit, Great demanded the immediate return of the sacred ...

Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee will be bridging gaps after being named Benin’s official ambassadors to African Americans in the U.S.

One of Louisiana’s oldest citizens turns 110 years old The API failed to deliver the resource. Elvira Helaire-Davis is one of the oldest living citizens in Louisiana and the oldest person living in ...

Archaeologists are convinced they have uncovered the oldest human settlement built on a European lake. The team from Switzerland and Albania, who are working on the shores of Ohrid Lake, believe ...

In power since 1982, Cameroon’s President Paul Biya is the world's longest-serving leader. Despite corruption allegations, persistent poverty and even dissenting voices within his own party, the ...

Max Meizlish, senior research analyst for the Centre on Economic and Financial Power, warns that a reckoning is coming for South Africa.

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved $30.25 million in financing for a groundbreaking climate protection and agricultural sector resilience program ...