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The Mayors' Council of Guam announced that Layla Cabrini Espinal has formally surrendered her title, and former Royal Princess Aaliya Monique Benin is now Guam's 80th Liberation Queen. A simple ...
As the cryptocurrency revolution sweeps across Africa, crypto enthusiasts in Benin are discovering more ways to connect with the rest of the world on the digital economy. However, they cannot find ...
Collectively known as Benin Bronzes, the sculptural heads, plaques, and pendants are a wonder to behold. But a colonial shadow has long hung over them. In 1897, after a group of British officials ...
These are just some of the artefacts Africans want back. The Benin Bronzes are a collection of thousands of metal plaques and sculptures that adorned the Royal Palace of the Kingdom of Benin, now ...
To exhibit the works, known as Benin Bronzes, the museum created a gallery that included information about the looting and invited the kingdom’s royal leader, the oba, to the opening.
The objects in question are known as Benin Bronzes, flashpoints in a broader conversation on the ethics of collecting and displaying objects taken during the colonial era. Some of the objects in ...
Brzoska was appointed in February by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk to lead an advisory effort on how to streamline business regulation. Tusk pledged to wield “machetes” and prepare about ...
With its striking spiral tusk protruding from its head, it has captured human imagination for centuries. But what exactly is this mysterious appendage? Despite its spear-like appearance and common ...
The government of the Benin Republic has confirmed that 54 soldiers were killed in an attack by Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), an Al Qaeda affiliate, in the country’s north last week.
Islamic militants killed at least 54 soldiers in northern Benin last week, the country's government has said. The attack took place in the west African nation's north-eastern Alibori department ...
In a landmark development for rural livelihoods in Benin, the country’s leading microfinance institution, PEBCo-BETHESDA, has secured a €3 million loan from the United Nations’ International Fund for ...
Suspected jihadist insurgents killed 54 troops in an attack last week on military posts in a Benin national park, the government said Wednesday. Government spokesman Wilfried Leandre Houngbedji gave ...