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

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

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

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

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

Singer Ciara, center, with government officials and other beneficiaries of the diaspora program during a ceremony in Cotonou, ...