This site placed on the World Heritage List in 1978 under criterion (vi) has since December 1980 been the subject of an international safeguarding campaign following an appeal made to the ...

The island of Gorée lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. From the 15th to the 19th century, it was the largest slave-trading centre on the African coast. Ruled in succession by the ...

When I stepped onto the pebble-paved pathways of Senegal's Gorée Island ... I now found myself standing upon. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1978, Gorée Island is most visited for ...

The Senegalese people called it Ber. The Portuguese renamed it Ila de Palma. The name was changed to Good Reed by the Dutch and the French called the island Goree - meaning good harbour. But the name ...

Goree Island was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1978 and remains one of the most popular destinations for tourists in Senegal nowadays. (Photo: Xinhua) An aerial drone photo taken ...

DAKAR, Senegal - UNESCO on Wednesday removed Senegal's largest national park, Niokolo-Koba, from a list of endangered sites following "positive steps" by authorities to improve conservation in the ...

Gorée Island, a small island off the coast of Dakar, Senegal, is believed to have been a 'key stop for thousands and thousands of slaves on their brutal journey to the Americas' throughout the ...

From 6-8 March 2025, UNESCO is organising an event entitled "Women. Heritage. Digital Technology" in Dakar, Senegal. Held in conjunction of ... This is despite the fact that only three of 140 World ...