In front of a battery charging point in Cotonou, Benin, in January 2023. DAMIEN PADONOU For two decades, Latif has been a motorcycle taxi driver in Cotonou, Benin. These drivers, which number ...

In Benin, one of the poorest countries on the planet – the World Bank ranked it 166 th out of 191 in the 2023 human development index – the rate of destruction of natural forests has slowed.

The two parties already in power - the Union Progressiste le Renouveau and the Bloc Republicain - came first and second with 37.56% and 29.17% of the vote respectively, the provisional results showed.

In jihadist-threatened north Benin, the army is waging a campaign away from the front -- a programme of social projects, including free veterinary care, to tempt locals away from extremism. Located ...

The Koutammakou landscape in north-eastern Togo and neighbouring Benin is home to the Batammariba, whose remarkable mud tower-houses are known as takienta (sikien in the plural). Nature is strongly ...

While high growth over the past decade has helped Benin reduce poverty, the country’s development gains are threatened by the impact of climate shocks, according to the new Country Climate and ...

Benin President Patrice Talon on Saturday will inaugurate an exhibition of historic artworks returned by France last year, nearly 130 years after they were stolen by colonial forces. The pieces ...

A Royal seat, Benin, Cana (18th-19th century) is displayed during the exhibition "Restitution of 26 works from the royal treasury in Abomey" at the Quai Branly museum before a ceremony to mark the ...

The return to Benin of 26 ransacked objects will be the first large-scale act of restitution to Africa by a former European colonial power. Skip to content Skip to site index.

Twenty-six works of art seized by French colonial soldiers in 1892 returned to Benin on Wednesday, a landmark in the long fight by African countries to recover looted artifacts.

Museums & Institutions 26 Royal Objects Looted From Benin by French Soldiers Are Going On View in Paris—Briefly—Before Being Returned. The pieces will be presented at the Musée du Quai Branly ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to director Mati Diop about her new documentary, "Dahomey." The film follows the return of royal treasures plundered by French forces.