All About World Heritage Sites

The Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (RIMN), which stretches across Ivory Coast, Guinea and Liberia, is in an advanced state of degradation. This situation has prompted UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) to include it on its list of World Heritage in Danger. Faced with the emergency, the governments of these West African countries have decided to take the bull by the horns by proposing a crisis exit plan.

Source: AFRICA: Towards strengthening the protection of the Mount Nimba Reserve | Afrik 21

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Most African heritage sites are now endangered due to human interference and climate change. Here are the top five African world heritage sites in danger.

It goes without saying that Africa is one of the few places in the world with the most iconic and scarce attraction sites. While some of these sites are man-made, majority of them are natural occurrences that can’t be found anywhere else in the world.

Sadly, most of these attractions are now facing serious threats of extinction mainly from continued human activities and changing weather patterns. A huge number of them have already been listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO) as endangered world heritage sites.

Here are the top five African world heritage sites in danger.

Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, Ivory Coast

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It is 57 years to the day that Ivory Coast (or Côte d’Ivoire, as it likes to be called) gained independence from the French, led by Félix Houphouët-Boigny, affectionately known as The Old One. To celebrate, we’ve rounded up some interesting tidbits about the nation on Africa’s western flank.

1. It boasts the largest church in the world

The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro surpasses even St Peter’s Basilica, with an exterior area of 30,000 square metres. Finished in 1990, its design is said to have been inspired by its Vatican City sibling, with a hefty dose of Renaissance and Baroque style. It can hold about 18,000 worshipers, though is very rarely full.

2. Its most famous son is…

Didier Drogba, of course.

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