Missing Ethiopian ceremonial crown handed back in Addis Ababa
The Netherlands handed an eighteenth-century Ethiopian ceremonial crown to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on 20 February. Missing since 1993, the gilded copper crown, decorated with Christian figures, had resurfaced in Rotterdam in 2019. The photograph shows the handover.
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