The Louvre museum in Paris has suffered a water leak in its libraries that has damaged hundreds of books, just weeks after a ...

The apparent leader of a failed coup in Benin is on the run and the fate of hostages remains unclear a day after a group of ...

Benin President Patrice Talon has condemned an attempted coup that was foiled by the army in his first public comments since sporadic gunfire was heard in parts of the administrative capital, Cotonou.

Benin City has grown from the historic Kingdom of Benin into a vibrant metropolis with the new Museum of West African Art.

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While much of Nigerian art relies on bold colours and dramatic forms, Northern art often tells its stories quietly. From the ...

A 2,700-year-old rock temple has been discovered in Turkey, revealing how the Phrygians worshipped a powerful mother goddess.

Many of the ancient southern Africans, including those who lived between about 10,200 and 1,400 years ago, "fall outside the ...

A 2023 astronaut photo shows three dark hills, or mesas, towering above part of the Sahara desert in southern Mauritania. The ...