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Pablo Tosco, Yemen: Hunger, Another War Wound (2020) © Pablo Tosco, Argentina A portrait of Fatima, a Yemeni mother of nine children, fully veiled in a Hijab as she flings a fishing net into the waters below, has earned the Argentinian photojournalist Pablo Tosco first prize in the contemporary issues category of the World Press Photo Awards, which were announced today. The image was taken on 12 February 2020 aboard Fatima’s tiny boat and amidst the ongoing conflict between Houthi Shia Muslim rebels and a Sunni Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia which Unicef has term...

Abiodun Ogunyemi: Brainpower and Political Activism, By Toyin Falola This productive professor has shown that quality education is not negotiable. Teachers like Ogunyemi are undeniably seers, and their projections into the future are not based on conjecture but valid conclusions aided by the accumulation of facts and an objective process of interrogation. For an educationist, two things occupy the cardinal position of their intellectual campaign: advocacy for a vibrant social environment and the development of fertile minds to enhance it. Among the arrays of intellectual gifts for which Afric...

Sherborne School says it 'will not tolerate misogyny' after being named in sexual assault testimonies Sherborne School is one of numerous elite private schools to be named in the anonymous accounts Dr Dominic Luckett, headmaster of Sherborne School (Image: Neil Munns Photography 2016) GET THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM ACROSS SOMERSET STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we ...

Jane Lubchenco. Photo by Joy Leighton. The Annual Joseph Priestley Award Celebration Lecture by Logan Cort '22 Jane Lubchenco, an expert on human and environmental interactions who served as the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will deliver the 69th Annual Joseph Priestley Award Celebration Lecture presented by Dickinson’s Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues. “How to Use the Planet Without Using It Up” will be held on Wednesday, March 31, at 7 p.m. in a public YouTube livestream.  The presentation will explore global environment challe...

BIRTH Augustine Ikechuku Ahiauzu was bom in Odeke, an Igala speaking area in Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi State on the 27th of July 1943 to late Evangelist Thompson Ahiauzu and Mrs Agnes (Titinwa Oba) Ahiauzu. He was the first son and surviving child of the family and dearly beloved by his father. At the time of Augustine's birth, his father was a missionary serving at Odeke and the Church planted in the community by his Catechist father was named St. Augustine Anglican Church. BIRTH Augustine Ikechuku Ahiauzu was bom in Odeke, an Igala speaking area in Ibaji Local Government Area of K...