The French government has taken its first major legal step towards officially restituting 27 looted objects from its national collections to the former colonies of Senegal and Benin. The government ...

The transfer to Benin includes 26 pieces – statues, royal seat, doors worked in particular – of the “Treasure of Behanzin” from the looting of the palace of Abomey in 1892. They are now in the Musée ...

The winner of the first quarter-final will book a date with either Nigeria or South Africa in the semis The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals matches get underway as Senegal face Benin at ...

The landmark move comes three years after French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to repatriate African heritage. French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with Benin's president, Patrice Talon at ...

The French Minister of Culture stopped short of admitting culpability, saying the bill 'is not an act of repentance, but an act of friendship and trust.' The Royal Seat of the Kingdom of Dahomey at ...

Johannesburg (AFP) – Sadio Mane-inspired Senegal will begin their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title defence at home to Benin during June, according to the 2023 qualifying calendar released by the ...

The French Senate has been tussling over word choice in a proposed new law, as well as the formation of a new national council. Royal Seat of the Kingdom of Dahomey on June 18, 2018 at the Quai Branly ...

COTONOU (Reuters) - Senegal President Macky Sall, the current chairman of the West African ECOWAS bloc, and Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi will travel to Burkina Faso on Friday to mediate in the ...

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