US museum returns Ghana artefacts looted 150 years ago by British forces

Artefacts returned from UCLA’s Fowler Museum are carried to the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi, Ghana (Misper Apawu/AP)

Seven royal artefacts looted 150 years ago by British colonial forces from Ghana’s ancient Asante kingdom and kept by a US museum have been returned.

It is the latest in a series of stolen treasured items to be repatriated to African countries.