COTONOU, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Beninese Minister of Foreign Affairs Olushegun Adjadi Bakari on Tuesday extended the warmest New Year greetings to the Chinese government and people on behalf of the ...

The banks and delta of the Mono River in Benin are home to mangrove swamps which harbour fish and rare wild birds -- and some are deemed sacred.

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

The Vodun religion, also spelled “Vodou,” originated in the Kingdom of Dahomey, present-day Benin, Nigeria, Togo and Ghana.

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 arena are beckoned upon by ...

From the Mother Tongue Film Festival to an ABBA-centered dance party, check out WTOP’s roundup of things to do around the D.C ...

The six Edo State commissioners, who were inaugurated on Monday by Governor Monday Okpebholo, were yesterday assigned ...

Films shortlisted for the LUX Audience Award 2025 will be shown at the Arc Cinema in Cork Animal is one of the films showing ...

Born on February 11, 1952, in Benin City, Nigeria, to the great Eruvbi-Igiehon Family of Benin Kingdom, Igiehon received a full scholarship to study architecture at the prestigious New York Institute ...

UNITED NATIONS (United States) - Ceremony on the occasion of the World Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust (1600 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. UNITED NATIONS (United States) - ICC ...

The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Yu Dunhai, has reaffirmed China's dedication to deepening its partnership with Nigeria, as ...