LAGOS (Reuters) - A British university has postponed the return of more than 100 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria after a presidential decree named a royal ruler as the owner and custodian of all returned ...

Germany has handed over 20 Benin Bronzes from its museums to Nigeria, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday, making it the latest European country to return cultural artifacts to ...

Nigeria is expected to receive over 100 Benin Bronze artifacts that were stolen during British imperialism, in an effort to ...

The restitution of Benin bronzes by European institutions may now have a clearer pathway as the Nigerian government has officially recognized the artifacts as belonging to the traditional king, Oba ...

The British Museum must not succumb to pressure to return the Benin Bronzes to Africa, as the case for their restitution is 'weak', Sir Trevor Phillips has said. The former head of the Racial Equality ...

Repatriation negotiations between the two nations have been taking place over the past year. Henriette Reker (right), Lord Mayor of Cologne, symbolically hands over a bronze key from the Kingdom of ...

THE SACKING of Benin City by a heavily armed expeditionary force in February 1897 was said to be an act of revenge in a bitter trade dispute between Britain and the Kingdom of Benin, east of Lagos.

The diplomatic disagreement between Britain and Greece over the ownership of the Elgin Marbles has been brought into the spotlight once again as Sir Keir Starmer welcomes Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis ...

Using long iron tongs, Victor Uinmwen Aduwe and Matthew Mathias pick a blazing pot from a fire and pour a thick golden liquid into a partly buried mould, using a centuries-old technique that still ...

LONDON — After years of ignored pleas and stonewalled requests, deals were finally coming together to return some of Africa’s most prized treasures to the continent. The Smithsonian Institution, the ...