Five activists on trial in France for trying to seize African funeral staff

Critics accuse the French state of not doing enough to restitute artefacts they feel were stolen Five activists have gone on trial in Paris for trying to remove a funeral staff from France’s pre-eminent indigenous art museum as part of a campaign to pressure the government into restituting items they claim were stolen.Emery Mwazulu Diyabanza, a 41-year-old Congolese, led the operation at the Quai Branly museum last June, condemning “the pillage of Africa”. Related: Bronzes to B