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France decides to return art treasures to Benin and Senegal
Statue of King Béhanzin
Statue of King Béhanzin Credit: Ji-Elle (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0)

The French National Assembly has approved a restitution law for the return of art treasures. France now plans to return 26 statues and other works of art from the so-called treasure of Béhanzin to Benin. The treasures were previously on display at the Paris Museum of Non-European Art. Furthermore, a sabre will be returned to Senegal, which was previously on display in the Paris Army Museum.