More than 120 Beninese military officers were killed between 2021 and December 2024, a diplomatic source told AFP news agency. Last month, gunmen killed three soldiers and wounded four others who ...

Jules KoundéJules Koundé, the French defender of Beninese descent, has caught the eye of Manchester City's very own Pep ...

Meanwhile the Beninese government held negotiations with its foreign donors in hopes of being able to prevent the December 8 strike. At the same time, the opposition Communist Party of Dahomey ...

Journalist Hugues Comlan Sossoukpe, who has refugee status and is a vocal critic of the Beninese government, has been in exile in Togo since 2019. According to local media reports, he was invited by ...

COTONOU, Benin -- Piracy is a serious concern in the Gulf of Guinea along the southern coast of Western Africa and the United States is working with Beninese officials to increase their capacity ...

The first-ever Benin Pavilion at the Venice Biennale will be on display for eight months in Venice, Italy. Beninese artists Romuald Hazoumé, Chloé Quenum, Ishola Akpo, and Moufouli Bello touch ...

Film and Television Review: ‘Dahomey’ dissects the restitution of Beninese artifacts, with poetry at its heart Mati Diop’s lyrical documentary, screened at the Lenfest Center for the Arts, tackles the ...

The pavilion exhibition, Everything Precious is Fragile, is organised by Lassissi and the Nigerian curator Azu Nwagbogu.The storied Beninese artist Romuald Hazoumè, as well as the younger ...

Beninese circus school flips tradition into a global stage. July 1, 2025. Former street acrobat turned international circus performer Prime Ezinse, ...

Angelique Kidjo performs on the Congo Square Stage during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival at the Fairgrounds in New Orleans Sunday, April 26, 2015. (Photo by Brett Duke, Nola.com | The ...

Benin forces have suffered heavy losses in an attack near the border with insurgency-hit Niger and Burkina Faso, authorities have said. Colonel Faizou Gomina, the national guard's chief of staff ...