Africa’s heritage sites are in peril as planet heats up


By AGENCY

Africa’s highest mountain Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, is expected to lose its glaciers by 2040.

From the snow-capped peak of Mount Kilimanjaro to the ruins of the ancient Tunisian city of Carthage and Senegal’s slave island of Goree, Africa has a wealth of iconic cultural and natural heritage sites.

But climate change impacts, from higher temperatures to worsening floods, now threaten to condemn these and dozens more African landmarks to the history books.

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