Her name at birth was Abake – meaning ‘born to be loved by all’ among the Tarkar people of Western Africa.
While the right to safe abortion has been restricted in the US, elsewhere, governments are liberalising abortion laws.
Washington is now seeking a Plan B after troops were ejected from sprawling, expensive bases in Niger.
A documentary by Franco-Senegalese director Mati Diop probing Europe’s looted antiquities wins prestigious Golden Bear.
With women killed at alarming rates in Kenya, is the government doing enough to end gender-based violence?
At least 35 people, including a child, killed after a blaze at an illegal fuel depot along Benin’s border with Nigeria.
Africa, which contributes just 4 percent of global CO2 emissions, will suffer the most from climate change.
Museum’s director Hartwig Fischer says that he did not take warning of theft from museum collection seriously enough.
On Sunday, the regional bloc had imposed severe sanctions on Niger after last week’s overthrow of President Bazoum.
The incident happened during a weekend qualifier game between Benin and Senegal for the Africa Cup of Nations in 2024.
The two parties supporting President Talon together won 81 out of 109 seats.
The festival is drawing people of African descent to discover the religion and land of their enslaved ancestors.
The main opposition party, the Les Democrates, wins 28 seats in the 109-seat parliament, preliminary results show.
The new foreign minister’s visit follows in the footsteps of his predecessors over the last three decades.
