The 13th West Africa Afro-Latin Dance Festival Nigeria has concluded with outstanding success, strengthening its reputation ...

Nigeria’s stunning new Museum of West African Art (Mowaa) finds itself in the crosshairs of local power politics.

Archaeological excavation in Benin City, Nigeria, ahead of the construction of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) has uncovered previously un-investigated sectors of the Kingdom of Benin's ...

Dancers are pictured during the Benin Urban Dance Competition co-organized by the Chinese Cultural Center and the Beeworkers Association in Cotonou, Benin, Sept. 14, 2025. (Photo by Seraphin Zounyekpe ...

Benin's Justice Minister Yvon Détchénou (right) presents citizenship documents to U.S. singer Ciara at a ceremony in Cotonou, Benin, Saturday July 26, 2025. DAKAR, Senegal — U.S. singer Ciara is one ...

Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee will work to unite the diaspora as Benin ambassadors to African Americans in the U.S. Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee will be bridging gaps between West Africa and the ...

Benin has appointed American filmmaker Spike Lee and his wife, producer and author Tonya Lewis Lee, as ambassadors for African-Americans in the U.S. Their role as thematic ambassadors aims to ...

COTONOU, July 17, 2025 - More inclusive growth path, taxation and spending adapted to vulnerable populations could further accelerate efforts to reduce poverty and inequality, notes the latest edition ...

The Netherlands and the MFA Boston both recently returned looted Benin artifacts. Who they returned them to differed. The Head of a the king Oba of Benin is displayed at the signing ceremony and ...

COTONOU, May 13 (Reuters) - Finland has returned a ceremonial stool that was looted from what is now Benin by French forces more than a century ago, a gesture that officials from both countries ...

Celebrated Nigerian dancer, Buddy Doubara Agedah has been honoured with the “Prix de Reconnaissance Culturelle” at the 12th edition of the prestigious Benin International Dance Festival (BIDAF), ...