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

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

American singer Ciara has become a citizen of Benin under a new law that grants citizenship to the descendants of enslaved ...

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

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

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

U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West ...

U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West ...

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

Russian glide bombs and ballistic missiles have struck a Ukrainian prison and a medical facility; 'Worst-case scenario of ...