West Africa has major gold producers like Burkina Faso, Mali, and Ghana. Togo, which borders these countries, is a key transit point for traders exporting gold worth hundreds of millions of dollars, ...

Hisbah operatives have rescued 16 underage girls from a suspected human trafficking ring at a luxury bus station in Kano ...

By streamlining naturalization processes, Benin is establishing itself as a gateway for Afro-descendants reconnecting with ...

Interfaith Prayer Meeting for the Eradication of Terrorism in the Savanes Region, Togo. (Photo courtesy of Dapaong Diocese) The Holy Year 2025, inaugurated December 29 in the Diocese of Dapaong is ...

An elephant will never beget a rat. The Alaafin of Oyo’s ancestry is traced to Oduduwa, the famed progenitor of the Yoruba ...

Voodoo is often shrouded in mystery, or demonised. But at the annual Voodoo festival in Benin, tourists are finding out about ...

Prof Farooq Adamu Kperogi’s two articles intended to vilify the dogged Awoist Amazon and Leader of British Conservative Party ...

A major trade disruption is expected to take place in the shipping sector soon as Benin Republic and Togo Republic ports will be losing majority of Nigerian bound cargoes handled by them to the $2.6 ...

Voodoo is often shrouded in mystery, or demonized. But at the annual Voodoo festival in Benin, tourists are finding out about the traditions of their ancestors, many of whom who were stolen by slave ...

As children dance with great speed and energy in colorful robes, guided by the drumbeats and chants from dance troupes, the gods and spirits that are evident all around the ...

OUIDAH, Benin (AP) — As children dance with great speed and energy in colorful robes, guided by the drumbeats and chants from dance troupes, the gods and spirits that are evident all around the ...

Zangbeto masquerades the traditional Voodoo guardians of the night performing ahead of the annual Voodoo Festival in Ouidah, Benin, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) ...