A militant attack on an army position has killed six soldiers in northern Benin, where government troops are trying to curb cross-border assaults by armed Islamist groups, an army spokesperson said.

Gris-gris are rooted in traditional African faiths that believe vital powers in animals and nature may be unlocked — to harm, ...

Alongside telecommunications, cybersecurity, digital trade and training, the director general of the Smart Africa Alliance – ...

Heat, drought and floods are growing security risks, Western defense officials say, feeding instability and violence that ...

The Benin Bronzes belong in Benin. Not in London. Not in Oxford. And certainly not in a country that built its wealth on ...

U.S. officials say now-suspended programs across Africa were designed specifically to respond to national security threats ...

Nigerian singer 2baba and his fiancee, Honorable Natasha, were spotted partying at a nightclub in Benin to celebrate their ...

We sit down for a coffee with veteran Sudanese-British broadcaster Zeinab Badawi, who discusses the value of history and the ...

Baba's fiancée Natasha Osawaru moved her body repeatedly in a manner that made people compare her to Annie Idibia. The video was recorded at Benin stadium.

A well-functioning bureaucracy is an organization of highly qualified civil servants who follow established rules to prevent abuses of power. Bureaucracies, in this way, are an important part of ...

IRIS and other refugee resettlement groups in CT are struggling amid the loss of funds and suspension of refugees entering ...

A 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker stabbed several passersby in the centre of the Austrian town of Villach on Saturday, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring four other people, police said, adding ...