South Africa is currently home to twelve World Heritage Sites. The first three were awarded in 1999, with eight sites listed for their cultural significance and five for natural significance.

Five culturally and historically significant sites on the African continent have made the list. They include Maputo National Park in Mozambique and the Gola-Tiwai Complex in Sierra Leone, two ...

New Delhi, Since 2018, 15 sites across eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa have earned a UNESCO tag, and four new ...

Beyond preserving sites, UNESCO also aims to build a wide network of local heritage experts to develop African nominations.

Cameroon’s Mandara Mountains and Malawi’s Mount Mulanje were also added to the latest edition of the UNESCO World Heritage ...

From Yellowstone to the Garden of Eden, almost 75% of the world's heritage sites at risk of drought or flooding, U.N. warns.

Shortly after, three listing were added: the ESMA Museum and Site of Memory, a former clandestine centre for detention, torture and extermination in Argentina; memorial sites of the Rwandan genocide ...

Two cultural sites, in Cameroon and Malawi, were added Friday to the UNESCO World Heritage List, said the organisation, which ...

Two cultural landscapes in the African continent and one ancient site in the UAE were on Friday inscribed on the coveted. The ...

World Heritage partnerships for conservation. Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites ...

World Heritage partnerships for conservation. Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites ...

UNESCO's world heritage committee added 26 new sites to its prestigious world heritage list during its 46th session last Augus ...