The lack of economic opportunities, as well as limited access to health, education, and social protection, make youth especially vulnerable to being pulled in by extremist groups.
Faced with skyrocketing costs, supply shortages and extreme weather, Europe’s farmers are in crisis
https://p.dw.com/p/49mLk The looted Benin Bronze known as the Okukur was returned from Jesus College in Cambridge to NigeriaImage: Joe Giddens/PA Wire/picture alliance
A team of social scientists from ITM, along with two locally hired researchers, began the first phase of data collection in Cotonou, Benin on March 4th, 2024. Using an ethnographic approach, the researchers immersed themselves in the CNHU-HKM to familiarise themselves with the setting and the people where the simplified blood culture system under investigation…
Thirty exceptional U.S. graduates each year will receive fully funded master’s study at France’s leading universities, alongside an immersive leadership and cultural program designed to cultivate the next generation of French-American leaders
Incessant strikes by state-owned Nigerian universities and the high volume of students seeking university education have spurred a large number of the country’s youths to seek admission, not just in private universities, but also outside the country
https://p.dw.com/p/4PhuL The Benin Bronzes have become a symbol of debates about restitution and colonial capture of native artImage: Robert Michael/dpa/picture alliance
2009 brought long rains to Benin leading to 43 of 77 communes (districts) reporting widespread flooding, resulting in the Government of Benin requesting United Nations (UN) assistance. Initial Government figures estimated that over 2,000 families had been displaced due to the floods
It is sobering to see the Vice President of Nigeria lead a team of Governors to the Benin Republic to study the operations of a textile mill. Vice President Shettima flew into Cotonou, and pictures from his official verified Facebook page, Kashim Shettima, on 24th July 2026 carried a sentence: “drawing practical lessons from Benin’s…
The University of California Santa Barbara graduate was sitting in his room last September checking his inbox when he saw an email from his professor about the Lafayette Fellowship