In terms of artillery firepower, or really big guns, Egypt leads the African continent by a longshot in raw artillery numbers ...

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

American R&B singer Ciara has become a Beninese citizen thanks to a new law granting citizenship to descendants of African ...

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Benin hopes that its latest moves will promote cultural tourism. The country’s coastline is part of what was once known as ...

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

Photo: Getty Images North America Grammy award-winning singer Ciara is among the first public figures to be granted ...

Ciera received her Beninese citizenship, but she isn't the first to receive dual citizenship from the motherland.

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

Ciara, the R&B singer, has become a citizen of Benin under a government scheme for the descendants of African slaves.