Benin's citizenship law carries significance in part because of the role it played in the transatlantic slave trade.

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

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

Singer Ciara, center, with government officials and other beneficiaries of the diaspora program during a ceremony in Cotonou, ...

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