Baobab Express News Today

Dishes and drinks at this Uphams Corner restaurant trace flavors from the African diaspora and across maritime trade routes, connecting dots and cultures. “To understand spices, you have to first know where they are from and what their stories are,” the menu says. It's a delicious lesson.

Twenty-two people have died in a collision between a bus and a truck in the centre of the West African state of Benin, the government said on Monday. The crash occurred on Sunday near Dassa-Zoume, "causing at least 22 deaths and many injured," who are being treated in several clinics, it said in a statement. The Baobab Express transport firm said the bus was travelling from