Benin

Benin bus crash kills more than a dozen

About 21 people had burn injuries to varying degrees, according to the West African country's health minister.

Benin Festival: Honouring enslaved ancestors

Every year in Benin, locals celebrate a festival to honour the deities of Voodoo, the indigenous religion that worships natural spirits and reveres ancestors.

CFA Franc: The ‘colonial currency’ keeping 14 African nations on a leash

France’s financial control over the African nations is a relic of a shady past. Only African initiatives imagined and implemented by Africans will pave the way for the continent's awakening.

Cavusoglu vows to enhance ties with Benin as he wraps up Africa tour

Mevlut Cavusoglu says his meetings in West African country are "extremely productive and beneficial."

UK museum agrees to return looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

The decision comes after Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments formally asked for the artifacts to be returned earlier this year following a consultation with community members, artists and schoolchildren in Nigeria and the UK.

Gunmen kill several in attack in northern Togo

It was the fourth attack in Togo since last year as the West African country, Benin, Ghana and Ivory Coast all face a growing threat from militants in the Sahel, which is north of their borders.

Civilian volunteers among scores killed in Burkina Faso militant attacks

Members of civilian auxiliary force VDF killed over the weekend in separate attacks in Burkina Faso as the country battles an insurgency that has spread from neighbouring Mali over the past decade.

Casualties as 'militants' ambush park rangers in Benin

Unnamed militants blamed for killing five rangers, a soldier, and wounding 10 others during a patrol in W National Park.

Benin opposition leader Reckya Madougou sentenced to 20 years in prison

Madougou was arrested in March just weeks before the election, accused of financing an operation to assassinate political figures to prevent the vote, in an alleged bid to "destabilise" the country.

France to return art looted from Benin after colonisation

The French government will return some 26 artworks from thousands taken in the 19th century from Benin, including from its Palaces of Abomey – today a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Nigeria to put up new museum to house stolen artefacts

British soldiers seized thousands of metal castings and sculptures during a raid on the then separate Kingdom of Benin in 1897.

Can these West African nations decolonise their currency?

The CFA Franc has always seen as a vestige of colonialism, but now eight West African countries are aiming to decolonise and start their own currency.