In December 2022, Germany’s foreign minister handed 22 artefacts looted in the 19th century back to Nigeria at a ceremony in Abuja. The return of these artefacts, a set of Benin Bronzes, follows a deal earlier that year to transfer ownership of more than 1 000 of these precious objects back to the actual owners....
The South African government has said it will challenge the auctioning of dozens of artefacts belonging to the nation’s anti-apartheid stalwart Nelson Mandela, saying the items are of historical significance and should be preserved in the country. The 75 items belonging to Mandela – the country’s first democratically elected president who spent 27 years in...