Benin

Breakdown in global order causing progress to stall in Africa – report

‘Moral threshold coming down,’ warns Mo Ibrahim, as his index of governance reveals widespread decline in 10 years

Kaamil Ahmed

22, Oct, 2024 @11:01 PM

‘I felt this film was my duty’: director Mati Diop on Dahomey, about the return of looted African treasures

The French-Senegalese film-maker on winning the top prize at Berlin for her otherworldly new work, cultural identity and her beef with Beyoncé

Jonathan Romney

19, Oct, 2024 @9:00 AM

Rapidly urbanising Africa to have six cities with populations above 10m by 2035

Youthful, growing cities expected to create wealth and opportunities but stretch public and utility services

Rachel Savage Southern Africa reporter

22, Aug, 2024 @11:18 AM

Dahomey review – interrogative reverie about looted African sculptures

Mati Diop’s documentary is told partly in the ‘voice’ of one of the looted treasures, in a realist jeu d’esprit about the legacy of plunder

Peter Bradshaw

23, Feb, 2024 @2:27 PM

France should return much more looted African art, film-maker says

Mati Diop, the director of Dahomey, which charts the restitution of 26 objects to Benin, says the tiny number involved is ‘humiliating’

Philip Oltermann European culture editor

18, Feb, 2024 @1:52 PM

Friday briefing: Why Britain is returning plundered artefacts back to Ghana – sort of

In today’s newsletter: 32 pieces of Asante gold are to return home from the British Museum and V&A … but only on loan

Rupert Neate

26, Jan, 2024 @6:55 AM

Transatlantic slavery continued for years after 1867, historian finds

Evidence found by Hannah Durkin includes ships landing in Cuba in 1872, and people held in Benin in 1873

Dalya Alberge

04, Jan, 2024 @1:00 PM

‘Embrace the unexpected’: African art boosts its presence at Venice Biennale

Morocco and Benin will debut pavilions at the international exhibition in 2024 alongside Nigeria’s second showcase, as African artists, designers and film-makers ‘bulldoze’ their way on to the global stage

Saeed Kamali Dehghan

26, Dec, 2023 @10:00 AM

Climate crisis is ‘not gender neutral’: UN calls for more policy focus on women

Only a third of countries with climate crisis plans include access to sexual, maternal and newborn health services, UNFPA report finds

Sarah Johnson

10, Oct, 2023 @4:00 AM

Let’s teach children about slavery properly by connecting it to our present | Lola Okolosie

When treated purely as historical fact, the slave trade can be dismissed as an evil of the past – the reality is very different says English teacher and writer Lola Okolosie

Lola Okolosie

18, May, 2023 @10:30 AM