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Participants seated at the Council meeting in Luxembourg, with the chair holding a bell.
Council roundtable, Luxembourg, 19 October 2026. The Nigeria assistance measure was listed for adoption at this meeting. Video still: © European Union, 2026.
Council of the European Union / © European Union, 2026
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Roundtable at the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council, 19 October 2026

Image date: 2026-10-19.

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Nigeria’s €20 million EU defence measure: who decides, what is funded and how delivery is governed

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A brass plaque shows a centrally placed mounted king with attendants of different sizes.
Plaque with equestrian ọ́bà (king) and attendants, Court of Benin, ca. 1540–70. Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n guild artists; The Met, 1978.412.309. Historical object; reproduction date unrecorded.
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n guild artists / The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 1.0
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Plaque with equestrian ọ́bà (king) and attendants

Historical record: ca. 1540–70 (object); photograph date unrecorded.

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Benin’s royal art: authority, colonial seizure and the politics of restitution

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