Return of Obelisk of Axoum improves Italy - Ethiopia relations

Return of Obelisk to Axoum

Lauding last April’s return of the Obelisk of Axoum — stolen by the Italian government under Mussolini who tried to colonise Ethiopia between 1935 and 1945 — the Ethiopia Ambassador in Paris, France [where another very famous Obelisk from Egypt, is conspicuously erected at the place de la concorde] Mrs Tadelech Hail Michael, has suggested that all monuments should be returned to their rightful countries. Continue reading