DAKAR, Senegal -- Benin has become the latest African nation to try to atone for its past with a new law granting citizenship to those who can trace their lineage to the slave trade. Passed in ...

DAKAR, Senegal — When Nadege Anelka first came to the West African country of Benin from her home island of Martinique, a French overseas territory in the Caribbean, the 57-year-old travel agent said ...

Grammy-winning artist Ciara has been granted citizenship in Benin, becoming one of the first prominent individuals to benefit from a new law in the West African nation that offers nationality to ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West African country granting citizenship to descendants of ...

R&B singer Ciara holds her Benin citizenship documents during a ceremony on Saturday - My Afro Origins Ciara, the R&B singer, has become a citizen of Benin under a government scheme for the ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West African country granting citizenship to descendants of ...

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