In 2008, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie spent a mouth-water $67 million on a 1,200-acre winery in the south of France called ...

COTONOU - Benin's government said that 54 soldiers were ... The West African state and its coastal neighbour Togo have seen a rise in jihadist activity in recent years, as groups linked to Islamic ...

Gorée Island, off the coast of Dakar, is a somber reminder of the transatlantic slave trade. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it embodies both the duty to remember and the challenges of passing ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The great-great-grandson of 19th-century British Prime Minister William Gladstone said he was horrified to learn seven years ago that his ancestors were slave owners in ...

COTONOU - Al Qaeda affiliate JNIM said it killed 70 soldiers in raids on two military posts in north Benin, the biggest death ... and its coastal neighbour Togo have suffered a series of attacks ...

and Katiba Macina -- JNIM has launched attacks from its Burkina Faso and Niger strongholds before expanding to Benin and Togo between 2021 and 2022. Taking advantage of ungoverned protected areas ...

Government spokesman Wilfried Leandre Houngbedji gave the new toll to a press briefing on the April 17 attack in the W national park in northern Benin, close to the frontiers with Burkina Faso and ...

A record 20,000 people were identified as potential victims of modern slavery in the UK last year. These individuals may have been subject to human trafficking, domestic servitude, criminal ...

Descendants of Slave Owners and Enslaved People in the Caribbean Call for Reparations at the UN UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The great-great-grandson of 19th-century British Prime Minister William ...

Solar panels suspected to have been made by slave labour in China will no longer be allowed to be used by Britain’s state-owned energy company following a government climbdown. In a major U-turn ...