Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah is pursuing a partnership with the Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism, and the Creative Economy to seek UNESCO recognition for the…
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Nigeria’s Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, Barrister Hannatu Musa Musawa, was presented with the UNESCO certificate of inscription for the Kano Durbar Festival…
The recent inscription of Ghana’s Kente fabric, among other African items and practices, into UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity is a milestone…
UNESCO has officially added the colourful Eid Durbar festivities in northern Nigeria to its intangible cultural heritage list. This centuries-old celebration, which dates back to the…
Nigeria is set to host the world’s first UNESCO Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Institute, with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approving funding for its immediate operationalisation.…
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) reported a disturbing 38% rise in journalist killings worldwide over 2022-2023, with 162 deaths recorded. Nearly all cases…
Since 2019, World Cities Day has been celebrated annually by UNESCO through its Cities Platform. By 2050, it is projected that cities will accommodate 70% of…
Senegalese scholar and politician Amadou Mahtar Mbow, who led the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) for 13 years, is dead, Senegal’s press agency…
Invaluable archaeological treasures in Sudan are being looted from museums, with thieves loading statues and ancient palace fragments onto trucks, smuggling them out of the war-torn…
A woman died and three of her family members were injured on Wednesday after a building collapsed in the UNESCO-listed Casbah of Algiers, emergency services reports.…