Benin
‘With seven brothers, lord help you if you liked a guy!’: Angelique Kidjo on love
“If you wanted to bring a boy home, my brothers would line up and my father was at the end of the row, all asking questions.”
- Jane Rocca
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Pirates seize crew from European ships off the coast of West Africa
The incidents mark an escalation of pirate attacks in the Gulf of Guinea.
Last slave ship from Africa identified on Alabama coast
Remains of the Gulf schooner Clotilda had been identified and verified near Mobile after months of assessment.
France to return looted artefacts to Benin
Nearly 30 items stolen during the colonial era will be returned to the West African nation of Benin, following a decision by President Emmanuel Macron.
- Sabine Glaubitz
Crew retakes oil tanker from pirates off west Africa coast
The crew of a missing Indian oil tanker has regained control of the ship from pirates who had hijacked it off Benin's coast
Pirates suspected in oil tanker with 22 missing off West Africa
An oil tanker carrying $11.3 million in petrol with a crew of 22 Indians is entering a third day since it went missing off the coast of West Africa.
A chants encounter
Aboard a privately-owned train, Flora King explores a bewitching African nation from south to north.
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