An explosion at a suspected illegal fuel depot in Benin has claimed the lives of at least 35 people, while several others have been injured, writes Chiamaka OkaforRead more »
Beninois entomologist Pelagie Boko-Collins believes that preventative action should always be the first course of approach. She places proactive measures at the highest priority, ... Read more »
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has promised military support to help Benin contain a spillover from jihadist conflict at the west African nation's northern border with Burkin Read more »
Africans are facing some of the greatest challenges of our time. Food insecurity, resulting from flooding and drought, along with conflict, the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, ... Read more »
The Marina Project is a vast memorial and tourist complex under construction in Ouidah, a coastal town in the Republic of Benin in West Africa. The country ... Read more »
The Woman King is based on real-life events of The Kingdom of Dahomey, an 18th-century West African state. The "amazons" were exceptionally skillful women warriors. They inspired ... Read more »
President Patrice Talon of Benin Republic, opened an exhibition of historic artworks returned by France in 2021, nearly 130 years after being stolen fro Read more »
Benin opposition leader Reckya Madougou has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for terrorism by a special court in the capital Porto-Novo, following a brief trial that her lawyers ... Read more »
Previously in Benin, abortion was legal only in cases of rape or incest, if the mother's life was at risk, or if the unborn child had a particularly serious medical condition. ... Read more »
BloLab, a startup in Benin is turning plastic jerricans into computers using recycled components and distributing them to the public at a low cost, writes Anne Nzouankeu for Voice ... Read more »
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