‘Dahomey’ review: African art returns home, colonialism stings
A long-silent voice from a distant past — eerie and reverberating — awakens in the climate-controlled, antiseptic chambers of a Paris museum. The forum through…
A long-silent voice from a distant past — eerie and reverberating — awakens in the climate-controlled, antiseptic chambers of a Paris museum. The forum through…
In June 2022, the United States Supreme Court overturned its own decision from 1973 in the landmark Roe v Wade case, which until then protected…
Following 11 years of defence cooperation and millions of dollars spent on maintaining military bases, the United States officially pulled its troops out of Niger…
In the bleak cells of Porto-Novo prison in Benin Republic, Fadogba James’ mind wandered back to his life in Nigeria, his late wife, and his…
Dahomey, a documentary by Franco-Senegalese director Mati Diop probing the thorny issues surrounding Europe’s return of looted antiquities to Africa, has won the Berlin International…
With women killed at alarming rates in Kenya, is the government doing enough to end gender-based violence? On January 27, thousands of protesters took to…
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. We’ve given you the “dirty dozen” of Davos; it’s only fair also to highlight…
At least 35 people, including a child, killed after a blaze engulfs an illegal fuel depot along Benin’s border with Nigeria, officials and residents say.…
The Coalition of Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) has demanded the immediate release of Damilola Ayeni, a Nigerian journalist currently detained at the Parakou…
The director of the British Museum said he would resign after admitting to failings in his investigation of the theft of items from the museum’s…
On Sunday, the regional bloc had imposed severe sanctions on Niger after last week’s overthrow of President Bazoum. Authorities in Benin said on Thursday that…
The incident happened during a weekend qualifier game between Benin and Senegal for the Africa Cup of Nations in January 2024. At least two people…