Switzerland returns 18 Benin bronzes to Nigeria after a century of looting

Switzerland has officially returned 18 bronze artifacts to Nigeria's National Museum in Lagos.

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These pieces, looted in the 19th century by British colonizers, mark a historic act of reparation.

Nigeria plans to display them in a new museum in Benin City.

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