Yvon Detchenou, Benin's Minister of Justice and Legislation, right, presents citizenship documents to singer Ciara at a ceremony in Cotonou, Benin on July 26. [AP/YONHAP] U.S. singer Ciara is one of ...

DAKAR, Senegal — U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West African country granting citizenship to descendants of enslaved ...

Isaline Attelly, a native of the Caribbean island of Martinique, had been living in Benin for nearly a year before she ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West African country granting citizenship to descendants of ...