University of Aberdeen to return looted sculpture to Nigeria

March 25, 2021 by News Desk

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In tonight’s edition: The medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says its staff has been attacked, and has witnessed Ethiopian soldiers executing at least four men in the war-torn northern Tigray region. Burundian radio stations broadcasting over the border from Rwanda have been ordered to shut down. Conditions set by Gitega for the resumption of relations with Kigali mean bad news for exiled journalists. And finally Scotland’s University of Aberdeen will return a controversial bronze sculpture to Nigeria, after a review found that it had been looted.
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