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State of Conservation

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Property Category:Culturalclose
Date Start: 2010close
Date end:2010close
Region: Africaclose
Aapravasi Ghat (2010)
States Parties: Mauritius
Year: 2010
Document Source: WHC-10/34.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage
Aksum (2010)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2010
Document Source: WHC-10/34.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Island of Mozambique (2010)
States Parties: Mozambique
Year: 2010
Document Source: WHC-10/34.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Management activities Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: b) Growing number of collapsed or seriously dilapidated buildings;
Island of Saint-Louis (2010)
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2010
Document Source: WHC-10/34.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Human resources Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: f) Extremely poor state of conservation of numerous derelict buildings endangering occupants;
Lamu Old Town (2010)
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2010
Document Source: WHC-10/34.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Industrial areas Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure Oil and gas Solid waste
Other Threats: Lack of adequate sewerage, waste disposal, and overall infrastructure, and risk to limited fresh water supplies; Fire
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (2010)
States Parties: South Africa
Year: 2010
Document Source: WHC-10/34.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan Mining
Old Towns of Djenné (2010)
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2010
Document Source: WHC-10/34.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: c) Deterioration of dwellings
Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela (2010)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2010
Document Source: WHC-10/34.COM/7B
Threats*: Earthquake Housing Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: h) Geological and architectural characteristics of the churches.
Royal Palaces of Abomey (2010)
States Parties: Benin
Year: 2010
Document Source: WHC-10/34.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework
Other Threats: Major deterioration of almost 50% of the earthen structural components
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara (2010)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2010
Document Source: WHC-10/34.COM/7A
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Governance Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of the architectural heritage fabric
Danger List:  Yes
Stone Town of Zanzibar (2010)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2010
Document Source: WHC-10/34.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Timbuktu (2010)
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2010
Document Source: WHC-10/34.COM/7B
Threats*: Flooding Housing Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: a) Inappropriate design and scale of new Ahmed Baba Cultural Centre in the vicinity of the Sankoré Mosque; lack of detailed drawings supplied to the Committee;
Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi (2010)
States Parties: Uganda
Year: 2010
Document Source: WHC-10/34.COM/7B.Add
Other Threats: Fire
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Benin Ethiopia Kenya Mali Mauritius Mozambique Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 10 Housing 8 Solid waste 4 Human resources 4 Legal framework 4 Management activities 4 Financial resources 3 Marine transport infrastructure 2 Water (rain/water table) 2 Industrial areas 1 Interpretative and visitation facilities 1 Land conversion 1 Mining 1 Oil and gas 1 Relative humidity 1 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Illegal activities 1 Flooding 1 Earthquake 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Governance 1

* : The threats indicated are listed in alphabetical order; their order does not constitute a classification according to the importance of their impact on the property.
Furthermore, they are presented irrespective of the type of threat faced by the property, i.e. with specific and proven imminent danger (“ascertained danger”) or with threats which could have deleterious effects on the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (“potential danger”).

** : All mission reports are not always available electronically.


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