From 1625 to 1900, 12 kings succeeded one another at the head of the powerful Kingdom of Abomey. With the exception of King Akaba, who had his own separate enclosure, they all had their palaces built ...

PARIS — France this week returned 26 treasures and pieces of art, looted during the colonial era, to its former colony of Benin, marking the most significant restitution of artifacts so far under ...

Twenty-six looted colonial-era artifacts are to be displayed in a French museum one final time before they are returned home to Benin, in what officials in the West African country have said is a ...

“Darkness has fallen on the kingdom,” the prime minister of the Abomey kingdom in southern Benin told the 300,000 people gathered to mark the death of traditional monarch Dah Dedjalagni Agoli-Agbo.

From 1625 to 1900, 12 kings succeeded one another at the head of the powerful Kingdom of Abomey. With the exception of King Akaba, who had his own separate enclosure, they all had their palaces built ...

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The treasures were taken in the late 19th century. PARIS -- Twenty-six looted royal treasures will return to their country of origin this week after nearly 130 years of French ownership, as debate ...

This fierce all-female army was so ruthless that European colonists called them the Amazons after the merciless warriors of Greek mythology. Actors Chadwick Boseman and Michael B Jordan earned high ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In November 1892, after two years of skirmishes between French colonialist troops and the African kingdom of ...

A student demonstrates traditional Chinese costume during the 15th anniversary of the Confucius Institute of the University of Abomey-Calavi at Chinese Cultural Center in Cotonou, Benin, June 27, 2024 ...

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From 1625 to 1900, 12 kings succeeded one another at the head of the powerful Kingdom of Abomey. With the exception of King Akaba, who had his own separate enclosure, they all had their palaces built ...