While the tranquility of the city does not allow a sense of insecurity to emerge, it remains latent and it is strongly advised not to travel to Benin without first consulting security agencies, as well as the Travel Reports section of the website www.diplomatie.gouv.fr An escort is recommended and the situation remains volatile.You are here in the territory of the empire of Benin, which experienced its golden age between the 15th and 16th centuries under the reign of the Edo people, and extended over the region from southwest Nigeria to Ghana, with the association of the Yoruba dynasty and the Fon and Ewe ethnic groups. Edo is the historical name of the city of Benin City, whose empire existed since the 12th century and which is now the capital of the Nigerian state of the same name. Unfortunately, Edo State no longer shines today for its formidable mastery of the art of bronze and the industry of its cities, but is sadly associated with the international trade in prostitution, the West African capital of trafficking in human beings. Girls (and some boys) leave the whole region at the risk of their lives to earn a living in Europe and Nigerian women are the first contingent of prostitutes in France in particular. Fortunately, you will not see any of this traffic when you visit the quiet, wooded city dotted with laterite streets of Benin. Time flows slowly and Sundays are reserved for worship, emptying the streets of their inhabitants for much of the day. The very first church in Nigeria is located not far from the central square. A city with many facets, which hosts a first-rate museum and... the Palais de l'Oba in Benin of course!

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