Africa News of Thursday, 29 February 2024Source: bbc.comA UK auction house has cancelled the sale of a shield looted from Ethiopia by British soldiers in the 19th Century. The auction at Anderson & Garland had been scheduled to take place on Thursday in the north-east English city of Newcastle. The auction house has not specified whether this withdrawal is linked to any requests from the Ethiopian government which has asked for stolen artefacts be returned. Prior to the sale, the Ethiopian authorities called the auction of the shield "inappropriate and immoral”. Last year a lock of hair from a young Ethiopian prince, who died 140 years ago, was returned to his home country.

Source: Ethiopian News February 29, 2024 15:42 UTC