These plaques were often displayed in a prominent place alongside medals and a photograph, serving as a tribute to the memory ...

George Etheredge for The New York Times Towering over the middle of the hall is Nick Cave’s new bronze sculpture “Amalgam (Origin),” a barefoot figure wrapped in flowers and leaves that ...

Last year was a big year for Fairbanks Museum, highlighted by major moments in the museum’s 136-year history, but in 2025, the museum will focus on the smaller things, both literally and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Voodoo is often shrouded in mystery, or demonized. But at the annual Voodoo festival in Benin, tourists are ...

And authorities are asking for families who bought a plaque check to see if they’re still there. Dozens of the brass plaques were stolen and turned to scrap, and an arrest was made last week.

Over the past few days, Gregorio Almeida, a filmmaker and educator from Brazil, has been exploring Benin. His journey has taken him from the Slave Museum in Ouidah to the Door of No Return ...

The Economic Community of West African States has condemned the recent violent attacks in Northern Benin that claimed dozens of lives. The attacks occurred on Wednesday in the Point Trible area ...

Benin's military has suffered significant casualties in a deadly attack near the insurgency-hit borders with Niger and Burkina Faso, officials have confirmed. Colonel Faizou Gomina, chief of staff ...

MOLINE, Ill. (KWQC) - The man charged with stealing 300 pounds of brass memorial plaques along Butterworth Parkway and sold at a recycling center turned himself in Thursday. The Rock Island County ...

Jude’s Joy, a project to build the area’s first fully inclusive playground in Ennismore, is the charity of choice for the 2025 Peterborough Liftlock U11 Hockey Tournament. The Ennismore ...

Jan 9 (Reuters) - Benin's armed forces have suffered heavy losses in an attack on one of their most well-equipped positions in the north, where troops are trying to curb cross-border assaults by ...