The French culture minister insists the move is “a handover, not a restitution, in that these objects have never been part of French public collections”

The grandchildren of Ras Desta Damtew, an Ethiopian general and noble, are seeking to recover the piece, listed in the online auction catalogue as coming from the estate of an Italian soldier who was present at Desta Damtew’s execution

The museum used USD Coin to buy an NFT in a new series by the artist collective Yatreda ያጥሬዳ

Withdrawn from auction in February, the shield will make a stop at the Toledo Museum of Art before going on public display at the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa

Elias Sime and Meskerem Assegued are due to open their biggest building project so far—a cultural centre in the mountains—this autumn

Our diarist’s final entry for 2024 saw her witness a challenging balancing act, attend an unusual lunch and catch some behind-the-scenes action

The Ethiopian artist is exhibiting seven works built from technological waste such as computer motherboards and wire

Discussions are ongoing between the Dean at Westminster and the Ethiopian Church over the possible restitution of the sacred object

Disagreement centred over whether the painting, looted in 1868 and later sold to a private collector in Portugal, should be bought by the government and returned to Ethopia

An exhibition at the Walters Art Museum spanning two millennia looks to open our eyes to the splendour of an intercontinental cultural hub

An array of artefacts show how cultural cross-pollination thrived across centuries and continents under Byzantine rule

The painting had been looted at the battle of Maqdala in 1868, but is now in the possession of a Portuguese collector

Restitution of tabot, which was bought by an art scholar for this purpose, puts spotlight on the British Museum to return 11 in its possession

An Art Newspaper investigation uncovers new details on the infamous seizure in 1868 by Richard Holmes of a 500-year-old painting of Christ, the Kwer’ata Re’esu, which never reached the London institution

Westminster Abbey, which is directly under the monarch’s jurisdiction, currently refuses to return the holy tablet

An artist from Siena could have travelled to Africa in the 14th century to create triptych, which is in a remote monastery in northern Ethiopia

One of the few Black-owned galleries in London, the space will open with a show of Nirit Takele in October as the gallery takes part in Frieze London for the first time

At the ceremony in London, the Ethiopian ambassador renewed calls for museums to return Maqdala objects

Historic town, a holy site for millions of Orthodox Christians, caught up in widening Tigray conflict

Busby auction house confirms it has "negotiated a settlement" after Ethiopian officials requested the return of items stolen by British troops in a brutal 1868 battle

Eyewitnesses say Eritrean military stormed an Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Axum, killing hundreds

Country has requested return of 11 tabots held in sealed storeroom that the Ethiopian Orthodox Church believes should only be viewed by its priests

The two locks will be buried at the monastery where emperor Tewodros' body was interred

Sacred object taken by British troops in the 19th century is concealed inside an altar