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UK returns looted Ghana artefacts on loan after 150 years

A view of a cast gold badge, worn by the 'soul washer' of the Asantehene ('ruler') as a badge of office, Asante, Ghana, before 1874 [Handout/The Trustees of the British Museum via Reuters]

The United Kingdom has returned 32 gold and silver treasures stolen from the Asante Kingdom more than 150 years ago in what is today’s Ghana on a six-year loan, Ghanaian negotiators have said.

The artefacts, comprising 15 items from the British Museum and 17 from the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), were looted from the court of the Asante king during the turbulent 19th-century clashes between the British and the Asante people.

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