Mapping Africa's

Mapping heritage at risk during the current conflict in Sudan

Since April 2023, an intense armed conflict has been waged in Sudan between two factions of the Sudanese military government, the military Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Fighting has been particularly severe around the capital, Khartoum, where most of the national museums and cultural …

Herbivore Foraging and Endangerment of Archaeological Sites in the Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

Post by Dr Ezekia Mtetwa, Uppsala University, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Box 626, 751 26 Uppsala, Sweden. ezekia.mtetwa@arkeologi.uu.se Threats to archaeological and built heritage are multiple and can be more complex than usually imagined. In Africa, the well-known culprits include unmonitored urban expansion, large-scale agricultural intensification and irrigation …

World Maritime Day 2022

World Maritime Day 2022 – 29 September https://www.un.org/en/observances/maritime-day  Today is World Maritime Day! The theme in 2022 is ‘New technologies for greener shipping’ – international shipping transports more than 80 per cent of global trade, hence the need to support a green transition into a sustainable future.    On this …

Journée mondiale de l’accès à l’information 2022

En cette Journée mondiale de l’accès à l’information, c’est en français que cet article est rédigé! https://www.unesco.org/fr/days/universal-access-information-day  Cette année, la Conférence mondiale sur l’accès universel à l’information se tient à Tachkent en Ouzbékistan et a pour thème : « Intelligence artificielle, e-gouvernance et accès à l’information ». Cet événement est l’occasion de rappeler …

#dayinthelifeof an Archaeologist – Stone Cairns in Northern Kenya

#dayinthelifeof an archaeologist! Our team at the BIEA is currently in Northern Kenya carrying out ground truthing of stone cairns that were identified via remote sensing methods in Google Earth Pro, led by MAEASaM’s PI Prof Paul Lane. Here you can see BIEA RAs Cecilia and Mwalimu measuring a stone …

International Museum Day

Musée des civilisations noires (MCN) Un demi-siècle après l’idée d’un musée consacré aux civilisations noires, lancée par Léopold Sédar Senghor, premier président du Sénégal, le Musée des civilisations noires (MCN) a été inauguré à Dakar, le 6 décembre 2018. Son architecture monumentale au cœur de la capitale sénégalaise, est un …

Earth Day 2022

Earth Day is an annual event on April 22nd to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22nd, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by EarthDay.org including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries. The official theme for 2022 is Invest In …