(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) First mission to Gao since end of military occupation of northern Mali takes stock of serious damage to the city's cultural heritage UNESCO, Malian and international experts have completed the first assessment of damage to cultural heritage in Gao, following the occupation by armed groups of parts of northern Mali. Their work addressed both sites and the cultural practices of local people. "Urgent measures are required to safeguard the Tomb of Askia World Heritage site before the next rainy season in June," said Lazare Eloundou Assomo, Director of UNESCO's Office in Bamako, who took part in the mission....
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