On Monday 12 May in Cotonou, the African Development Bank and the Bank of Africa Benin (BOA-Benin) signed a €15 million guarantee agreement to strengthen the Bank of Africa's trade finance ...

of Africa in Benin over alleged war against criminal elements in the State. In a statement by its Chairman, Dr. Ugochukwu Alozie, the body described the decision as vindictive and outrageous ...

Liberia is actually the oldest republic in Africa. It was founded by freed slaves from the U.S. who wanted a fresh start back on the continent. They arrived in the early 1800s and by 1847 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have pinpointed the oldest known evidence of humans making tools from whale bone. The bones, fashioned into narrow projectiles for hunting, had been uncovered in ...

A Brazilian nun named the world’s oldest person in early 2025 has died, according to LongeviQuest, an agency that tracks the world’s longest-living people. Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas died on ...

The Brazilian nun, who was born in 1908, was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest person in January Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at ...

The Benin authorities’ recent wave of sanctions against independent ... Director of Reporters Without Borders’ Sub Saharan Africa bureau. A dozen journalists who have worked for Le Patriote are now ...

JNIM, an Al-Qaeda affiliate operating across West Africa, launched coordinated attacks in northern Benin in April 2025, resulting in the deaths of at least 54 soldiers. While the Beninese ...

Often called the 'Venice of Africa', Ganvie is a stunning lake village in the south of Benin and the largest lakeside village in the entirety of Africa, housing around 30,000 people. Built in the ...

Activision has confirmed the release date for the return of original Verdansk map to Call of Duty: Warzone. Verdansk returns to the battle royale on April 3 alongside Season 3, Activision said ...

READING, Pa. - The world's oldest living conjoined twins, Lori and George Schappell of Reading, have died. The twins died last Sunday at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. They were ...