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Bones and stones hold the power for many African peoples as a connection to the spiritual world for protection in the natural ...

A new law in Benin gives citizenship to people who can prove their ancestors were sent from Sub-Saharan Africa during the ...

Numidia was once a vast kingdom, stretching from the east of modern-day Morocco into Algeria, Tunisia and the west of Libya.

In a groundbreaking move, Benin has taken significant steps to address its historical involvement in the transatlantic slave ...

Leaders of the West African regional grouping, Ecowas, have approved the withdrawal of three countries ruled by the military ...

A lot of the people reminded me of my grandparents, the way they wore their headscarves, their mannerisms, their mentality,” ...

The move by ECOWAS comes after a nearly yearlong process of mediation to avert the unprecedented disintegration of the ...

ABUJA, Nigeria -- West Africa’s regional bloc, ECOWAS, said Sunday that the impending exit of its three member states led by military juntas is disheartening after a nearly yearlong process of ...

Benin has become the latest African nation to try to atone for its past with a new law granting citizenship to those who can ...

The soldiers, disappointed not to find any of the kingdom’s legendary treasure, raised a French flag and drank Béhanzin’s gin ...

Some African Americans are among those are taking advantage of a new law in Benin that grants citizenship to those who can ...