Benin's citizenship law carries significance in part because of the role it played in the transatlantic slave trade.

Singer Ciara gains Benin citizenship under Afro-descendant law, honoring slave trade history and Black diaspora heritage.

Approximately 1.5 million Africans were captured, enslaved, and deported to the New World by Benin's tribal leaders.

Imagine discovering a path back to your ancestral homeland, a place where history whispers through ancient routes and ...

US singer Ciara has become one of the first public figures to be granted citizenship of Benin, under a new law offering ...

Benin hopes that its latest moves will promote cultural tourism. The country’s coastline is part of what was once known as ...

As Rolling Stone Africa's latest cover star, Ciara took a cultural visit to Benin where she left with citizenship to the West ...

On a trip to Benin, Ciara became a citizen of the West African country in a ceremony with Beninese government officials.

The annual Tour du Benin, first held in 1990, is now a key April date on the Africa Tour, but the two Grands Prix that follow - one for men and one for women - are also important.

Benin's parliament has voted to legalise abortion in most circumstances, the health ministry said on Thursday, becoming one of only a handful of African countries to do so.