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 ...

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 ...

"For its part, the Republic of Benin commended the active role played by Qatar on the international stage, particularly in Africa, and noted its efforts to support peace and stability and build ...

For its part, the Republic of Benin commended the active role played by the State of Qatar on the international stage, particularly in Africa, and noted its efforts to support peace and stability and ...

Africa’s logistics and transportation sector stands on the brink of major transformation. From deepening geopolitical complexity to a renewed push for private-sector involvement, 2025 is rapidly ...

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 ...

In Benin, a 'kataklè' – a ceremonial stool ... delving into texts on Beninese art and the restitution of works of art to Africa. He discovered that this kataklè had arrived at the Trocadéro ...

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, on Thursday deposed Ovbokhan Igbinovia as the traditional Chief Priest of Okhuoromi Community in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo. Oba Ewuare stripped Igbinovia ...

Now a team of scientists says it has found the tracks of one — potentially the oldest such markings of amniotes. The footprints skitter across a block of sandstone retrieved from a river bank in ...

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 ...

Ethel Caterham was recognized on April 30 as the oldest living person after the death of 116-year-old nun Inah Canabarro Lucas Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working ...