Benin

My mother is from Benin. She is Beninese.

Where's Benin?

Where is Benin?

Porto-Novo is the capital of Benin.

A high-level conference in Benin this week is bringing together African heads of state and health officials to discuss efforts to contain the little-known Buruli ulcer.

Present day Benin was the site of Dahomey, a West African kingdom that rose to prominence in about 1600 and over the next two and a half centuries became a regional power.

French Dahomey achieved independence in 1960 and changed its name to the Republic of Benin in 1975.

British soldiers looted the Kingdom of Benin in what is currently Edo state in Nigeria, during a punitive military expedition in 1897.

The promise to return several Benin Bronzes from three Western institutions to the former Kingdom of Benin in Nigeria was celebrated by many.

The capital of Benin is Porto-Novo.