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A long journey home: Netherlands returns 119 Benin bronzes to Nigeria

After more than a century abroad, 119 Benin Bronzes have returned to Nigeria, marking the largest single repatriation of looted artifacts to date. Originally stolen during a brutal British raid on the Benin Kingdom in 1897, the sculptures — including royal regalia, plaques, and ceremonial figures — were officially handed over by the Netherlands in […]

AfDB Lends Morocco Over $200 Mln for Social & Health Services

The African Development Bank approved on Wednesday a $204 million loan to Morocco to help the North African country upgrade social and medical services provided to disabled persons, poor women and children. The funding will finance the building of two hospitals in the southern cities of Guelmim and Ouarzazate, set up 144 units for special […]

The Twofold Goal of Morocco’s AU Membership

With the return of Morocco to the African Institutional family, Morocco has achieved the twofold goal of contributing to collective efforts in favor of African development on the one hand and making its voice heard within the pan-African organization with regards to the Sahara issue on the other hand, said Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. Bourita […]