World
D-Day Beaches Added to UNESCO World Heritage List
Normandy’s D-Day beaches, where the fate of Europe turned under fire on 6 June 1944, have been placed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, bringing to a close a campaign that began nearly…
Unesco
Somalia
Somalia and UNESCO open workshop to preserve documentary heritage
Monday June 8, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia took a new step Sunday toward safeguarding its historical record, as Information,…
Central-Africa
André Lye Yoka: “The history of the Congolese rumba is one
By introducing the Congolese rumba to the intangible heritage of mankind, this is the desire, the will of two neighboring…
East-Africa
UNESCO condemns the killing of journalists Jamal Farah
UNESCO condemns the killing of journalists Jamal Farah Adan in Somalia UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay has condemned the killing of…
West-Africa
Ivory Coast: Sudanese-style mosques are a UNESCO World Heritage Website
Ivory Coast desires its hundred-year-old Sudanese mosques to be a UNESCO World Heritage Website. The file was submitted this yr…
Somalia
visit to Kinshasa by Audrey Azoulay, the patron saint of Unesco
The Director – General of Unesco, Audrey Azoulay, was in Kinshasa on Thursday 15 October. She met several personalities, including…
Central-Africa
UNESCO patron inaugurates an online school
Exchanges with the Congolese head of state Denis Sassou Nguesso, whose country is requesting the inclusion of Rumba on the…
West-Africa
Senegal wants to register “thiébou dieune” with Unesco
Senegal is requesting the inclusion of the national dish, thiébou dieune (“rice with fish” in Wolof), in the intangible cultural…
