Ciara celebrates her Beninese roots in a striking jersey-and-cowrie-shell look, following her official citizenship under the ...

Yvon Detchenou, Benin's Minister of Justice and Legislation, right, presents citizenship documents to singer Ciara at a ...

History was made. It was the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls of African Descent. Benin Republic chose ...

History was made. It was the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls of African Descent. Benin Republic chose this Day of Saturday July 26, ...

Sean “Diddy” Combs has asked a judge to dismiss his guilty verdicts on prostitution-related charges or grant him a new trial.

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