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A U.S. museum has returned a batch of royal regalia to Ghana that was looted by British colonial soldiers 150 years ago, marking the first major return of stolen artefacts to the West African nation.

Highlights from the Associated Press, Salon, National Public Radio and others.

ACCRA: A US museum has returned a batch of royal regalia to Ghana that was looted by British colonial soldiers 150 years ago, marking the first major return of stolen artefacts to the West African...

ACCRA: A US museum has returned a batch of royal regalia to Ghana that was looted by British colonial soldiers 150...

A California museum on Thursday returned seven royal artefacts to Ghana’s traditional Ashanti king to commemorate his silver jubilee in the first planned handovers of Ashanti treasures looted during colonial times.

Seven royal artefacts looted 150 years ago by British colonial forces from Ghana’s ancient Asante kingdom and kept by a United States museum were returned and presented to the kingdom on Thursday. It is the latest of a series of stolen treasured items being repatriated to several African countries. In an Associated Press report, the Looted from British-colonised Ghana in the 19th century before being transferred to Fowler Museum at...

Decaying high-rises in L.A. — as well as Pyongyang and Caracas — represent the limitations of technology and grand building schemes.

​The artifacts included an elephant tail whisk, an ornamental chair made of wood, leather and iron, two gold stool ornaments, a gold necklace and two bracelets.

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II says no attempt to sideline or denigrate the Asante Kingdom will succeed.

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