More than 1,100 looted items will be transferred though some artefacts will remain on loan to German museums

Berlin Biennale conference will focus on "decolonising" arts and culture

Their debut in the Statements section reflects the strong growth in the contemporary African art sector

Five years ago President Macron took the museum world by surprise when he announced a then-revolutionary restitution plan. Now the country’s politicians are at odds about how to implement it

Spanning art from 17th century to today, the show aims to explore the complex and compelling histories and cultural legacy of the African diaspora

Maria Varnava, the founder of the London gallery which specialises in artists from Africa and the diaspora, on opening a gallery on the continent where she grew up and why she is wary of speculators

The 27-year-old founder of Retro Africa talks about her expansion plans and how she is helping to build a contemporary art scene in Nigeria

New government initiative MuseumsLab aims to foster more international co-operation and consider topics including decolonisation and restitution

Senegalese art historian El Hadji Malick Ndiaye says discussions and decisions about the restitution of African artefacts cannot be dictated by the West

Though African institutions want looted artefacts to return home, they are more preoccupied with promoting living artists and treasures

We speak to museum experts András Szántó and Sonia Lawson. Plus, Dan Hicks on the legacy of colonial looting and National Gallery curator Christopher Riopelle on the Polish painter Jan Matejko

In a year marked by closures, cancellations and postponements, African art fairs are going ahead with new models and the continent’s galleries are growing

Ghanaian-British architect is working with the British Museum and Nigerian organisations to show “the most comprehensive display in the world of Benin Bronzes”

Senate approves bill to return 27 colonial-era artefacts from museum collections to Africa within one year

Committee will advise on cultural initiatives in the country and research Ghanaian objects held in international collections

Expected to open in 2022, Makoro will house studios for Malian artists under 30, workshops for school children and exhibitions

Move is intended to stall the sales of stakes in multi-million-Euro companies based in Portugal

Negotiations are ongoing, but the Foreign Office says releasing 1972 documents on the claim “would harm UK relations with Zambia”

Countries' rush to restitute objects is part of the problem, says Belgian lawyer

Hakanto Contemporary, sponsored by the eco-friendly Filatex group, is directed by the artist Joël Andrianomearisoa

Rabat is given the accolade just a just a week before celebration events were scheduled to take place

From Marrakech to Cape Town, the continent's growing fairs and auctions scene is catering to a burgeoning domestic buying base

Dos Santos and her husband Sindika Dokolo own around 3,000 works by artists including William Kentridge and Zanele Muholi

The time is ripe for artists and curators to reconfigure what can actually be done within the walls of a museum

This year's edition of the photography festival showed "there are many Africas", as 85 artists portrayed a multifaceted, self-aware continent

Isabel dos Santos, Africa’s richest woman, is married to Sindika Dokolo who has been working for years on repatriating works to the African continent

Spectral CT scans enabled the Dallas Museum of Art to identify unknown elements in the West African piece

But restitution depends on the adoption of a law covering these specific items, while Benin secures a location to house them

Palais de Lomé is the west African country's first major contemporary art centre and is unique on the continent for being financed by the state

The gesture is intended as a symbol of France’s commitment to repatriating African heritage