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A man wears a traditional Kankurang mask along the beach in the popular tourist area of Senegambia in Banjul on December 6, 2021. (Photo: John Wessels/AFP)

The Continent: Africa A-Z of 2021

The highlights of 2021 in Africa

Samira Sawlani
The Continent

Visitors look at statues of the ‘Royal treasures of Abomey kingdom’ on display at the Musee du quai Branly in Paris on September 10, 2021, part of 26 artworks set to be restituted to Benin later in the year. (Photo by Christophe Archambault/AFP)

Ghosts of colonial looting haunt Europe’s museums

Here is a recap of disputes over artefacts looted from Europe’s former African colonies.

Agence France Presse

Benin’s democratic crisis is deepening, but no one is paying attention

Democracy is under attack in Benin, argues former foreign minister Rogatien Biaou, but the world press remains silent

Rogatien Biaou