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Abuja set to recover over a thousand Benin bronzes from Germany

German ministers Claudia Roth (left) and Annalena Baerbock (centre) return an ivory mask to Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama, 20 December 2022.
German ministers Claudia Roth (left) and Annalena Baerbock (centre) return an ivory mask to Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama, 20 December 2022. © Annette Riedl/DPA Picture-Alliance via AFP
Following the conclusion of an agreement between Abuja and the Oba of Benin, the repatriation of artefacts held in Germany will resume. The Nigerian culture minister is due to go to Berlin to take them back. [...]
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