Ashrita Kumar captivates their audience, oscillating between screaming into the microphone and addressing the crowd tenderly at a recent concert in Boston. Kumar is the lead singer of Pinkshift, a ...

Youth gather in support of Beninese President Patrice Talon at the Esplanade des Amazones in Cotonou, December 13, 2025. YANICK FOLLY / AFP Bottles of beer and juice were neatly arranged on a buffet.

Benin's government has admitted that 54 soldiers were killed by suspected jihadists in the country's north last week near the borders with Burkina Faso and Niger. The authorities had previously said ...

Gatien Houngbédji, former minister and former High Commissioner for National Solidarity, died on Thursday, December 18, 2025, in France, at the age of 76. A figure of Beninese political life, he ...