Ethiopia races to preserve Lalibela, 'Africa's Jerusalem' / Al Jazeera'

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The ancient churches of Lalibela in northern Ethiopia have been places of pilgrimage for ethiopian Christians for hundreds of years, but after decades of neglect, conservationists are struggling to preserve the buildings in a town many Ethiopians call Africa's Jerusalem.

Al Jazeera's Charles Stratford reports from Lalibela.

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