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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Robert Dex and Arts Correspondent

Westminster Abbey in discussions to return sacred Ethiopian treasure

A sacred Ethiopian tablet looted at the height of empire could be returned to Africa after being held for years in Westminster Abbey.

The Abbey has previously taken a hard line on the future of the artefact – at one point even refusing visiting Ethiopian clerics the opportunity to see it – but now says it is in “helpful and positive conversations with the various interested parties”.

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