The region near modern-day Benin and Togo was once such a centre of the trade and was known as the "Slave Coast." Most of the boat's occupants did not look to be in poor health and there was ...

A look inside the historic southern Alabama neighborhood where descendants of America’s last slave ship still reside ... groups hailing from Nigeria, Benin and Togo—the now-infamous schooner ...

The shameful history of the slave trade is also covered ... Vodun is a living religion followed by some 50 million people throughout primarily Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria. In a remote Togolese ...

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 ...

A local court and Taylor's son denied the inheritance. The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the former slaves, but they never received the land or its monetary equivalent. One ...