A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.

Benin faced a number of negative spillovers in 2022: a deteriorating regional security situation at its northern border, the ...

In Benin, cotton is much more than a crop-- it is the country’s "white gold" and the pillar of its economy.

Nigerians, ignore online claims about new ferry service from Onitsha to Lagos IN SHORT: A viral video claims to show a ferry service between Onitsha and Lagos. But the video, posted initially on ...

New Zealand solar PV developer Lodestone Energy has energised its largest solar power plant to date: the 42MW Te Herenga o Te Rā site in the Bay of Plenty, a large bight on New Zealand’s ...

1833: A fire started in the house of Capt. Pardon C. Greene and destroyed an adjacent hotel and six houses, together with the money sent to purchase the cargo of the Pulaski, which had wrecked on the ...

In one of the last likely moves in offshore wind by outgoing President Joe Biden’s administration, federal regulators initiated the environmental review of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP)’s ...

OUIDAH, Benin - Modeste Zinsou, manager of Benin's Python Temple, gently drapes a live snake around a visitor's neck at the country's annual voodoo festival, as spectators learn about the reptiles ...

OX2 France has a 450MW pipeline of solar PV projects, primarily in the agrivoltaics sector. Image: Octopus Energy. UK-based energy group Octopus Energy has acquired French agrivoltaics (agriPV ...

HE Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al Khulaifi met today with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Benin Olushegun Adjadi Bakari ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Voodoo is often shrouded in mystery, or demonized. But at the annual Voodoo festival in Benin, tourists are ...

Welcome to the ancient town of Ouidah, in southern Benin, a mecca of gods and spirits where the celebration of the annual Voodoo festival brings a mix of tourism and religion in a clash of ...