Benin finalizes return of 26 stolen cultural artifacts from France
President Emmanuel Macron of France received President Patrice Talon of Benin Tuesday at the Elysee Palace to finalize the transfer of 26 cultural artifacts that were removed from Benin during France’s colonization of the country. The cultural pieces were pillaged by the French during the 1892 burning of the Royal Palaces of Abomey, now a [...]