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Trucks transport nearly 30 royal treasures looted from Benin during France's colonial rule more than 130 years ago. Benin's President Patrice Talon and the country's culture minister travelled on Tuesday to Paris to bring home the 26 artefacts, part of France's President Emmanuel Macron's bid to restore African heritage. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron visits the exhibition "Restitution of 26 works of the royal treasures of Abomey", at the Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac Museum. It will be the last time the colonial-era treasures taken from Benin will be shown in France before being handed back in a landmark gesture. IMAGES
Patrice Talon welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron to the Marina Palace in Cotonou. The two men will have a tête-à-tête and then visit the cultural works recently returned by France, having been stolen by the colonial regime. IMAGES
After Cameroon, Emmanuel Macron arrives in Cotonou, Benin to meet his Beninese counterpart, Patrice Talon. The meeting will continue with a visit to an exhibition on Beninese art through the ages. A highly symbolic exhibition after the restitution of bronzes to Benin dating from the 16th to 18th centuries that were stolen by various colonial powers. Emmanuel Macron will end his first African tour since his re-election in Guinea-Bissau. Several French left-wing MPs have also alerted Emmanuel Macron to the "authoritarian excesses" in Benin and the "alarming" situation of political prisoners. IMAGES
A cargo plane carrying nearly 30 royal treasures looted from Benin during French colonial rule more than 130 years ago lands at Cotonou airport, the economic capital of the West African state. IMAGES
The French and Beninese Ministers of Culture sign an act of transfer of ownership from France to Benin, allowing 26 colonial-era treasures from the kingdom of Abomey to return to their country after nearly 130 years of absence. IMAGES
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