Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- History was made. It was the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls of African Descent. Benin Republic chose this Day of Saturday July 26, 2025 to implement its new nationality initiative for diaspora and Black individuals. The law, passed on September 2, 2024, grants Beninese citizenship to descendants of African ancestors sold and transported during the transatlantic slave trade.

All that is required of the Black person anywhere in the world to become a Benin citizen is to baae at least 18 years old, not hold citizenship of another African country, and have proven African descent through DNA test, or other forms of authenticated proof.

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