Issued on: 19/02/2022 - 16:46
Benin President Patrice Talon on Saturday will inaugurate an exhibition of historic artworks returned by France last year, nearly 130 years after they…
Hours after voting for Kolkata Municipal Corporation polls concluded, Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday alleged Trinamool Congress (TMC) looted the votes and demanded that this election…
The University of Oxford is holding 145 objects looted by British troops during an assault on the city of Benin in 1897 that are likely to be repatriated to Nigeria, a report has said.More than two-thirds of the plundered items are owned by…
As 26 works of art looted by France’s colonial troops return to Benin on Wednesday, other European countries are following suit. Germany and Belgium have begun similar procedures with Nigeria and the Democratic Republic…
Issued on: 10/11/2021 - 18:54
Benin on Wednesday welcomed back nearly 30 royal treasures looted from the West African state during France’s colonial rule more than 130 years ago.…
Issued on: 09/11/2021 - 12:14
French President Emmanuel Macron hosted his counterpart from Benin, President Patrice Talon, on Tuesday to formally seal an agreement to return 26…
A Cambridge college is to become the first British institution to return one of the Benin bronzes to Nigeria later this month in what has been described as “a historic moment”.Jesus College, University of Cambridge, will return the bronze…
Issued on: 08/06/2021 - 18:51Modified: 10/06/2021 - 11:46
Archaeological sites destroyed and monuments vandalised: the war that has been raging in Yemen since 2014 has greatly…