A new generation of Africans is increasing pressure on Western museums to return looted artefacts, reflecting growing ...

The artefact was among the 3,000 'Benin Bronzes' looted during the destruction of Benin City in 1897. The items were taken as spoils to pay for a naval expedition raised to avenge the deaths of nine ...

Mati Diop's documentary film Dahomey, which premiered last year, tracks the return of 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey (now Benin) to France. It is the the Senegalese entry for Best ...

This latest sanction by CAF demonstrates the continental body’s firm stance against misconduct in African football, as it also handed down decisions affecting Benin and Equatorial Guinea ...

With a party of eight white men, completely unarmed, he left the Benin River on Jan. 4, 1897 and started overland for Benin City. A volley of shots rang out when a Mr. Locke bent over to tie his ...

The strike took place on one of Benin's most well-equipped military positions in the north, authorities say. The accused include the head of the Republican Guard, who is accused of planning to ...

The Bronze is part of Benin’s ancestral heritage ... ritual contexts of the bronzes, their looting in 1897, and contemporary responses to those events. The Museum team will continue to update ...