The Grammy-winning performer's acquisition of citizenship at a ceremony in the city of Cotonou is part of a broader ...

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

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

Edo, is rejecting a provision in a new bill before the National Assembly.The bill aims to establish a Nigerian Council of Traditional Rulers, but the group opposes its suggestion that the Ooni of Ife ...

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