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An artist poses for a photograph in front of his mural on Ozumba Mbadiwe Way, during the Lagos Street Art Festival in Victoria Island, Nigeria. Lagos’ bustling streets have become a canvas for bold murals and vibrant graffiti as the city hosts its first Street Art Festival.The ‘Legendary Lagos: City of Dreams’ event features 12 artists – nine from Nigeria and three international – painting large-scale works on walls across the city. Organisers say the goal is to make art accessible to everyone and inspire social change.”We believe art shouldn’t be confined to galleries and museums,” said Osa Seven, one of the organisers. “Public art allows people to interact with creativity in their everyday environment. It’s about giving hope and showing what art can do to shape society.”Lithuanian artist Andrey Adno said his mural, ‘The Pace of Lagos,’ reflects the city’s energy.Local artist HK Locks focused on themes of unity and migration, depicting Lagos as a melting pot of ethnicities and ambitions. “Lagos is where people come to chase dreams,” he said. “My piece shows collaboration and the hustle that defines this city.” …
Iran will raise the price of its heavily subsidised gasoline for heavy users today, state media reported, as the Opec member seeks to control rising fuel demand without triggering public anger.Proposals to increase Iran’s fuel prices, some of the lowest in the world, have long been postponed amid apparent concerns that they might cause a repeat of widespread protests seen in 2019 that were crushed by the state.The government will introduce a higher rate of 50,000 Iranian rials per litre (4 US cents under the free market rate) at midnight yesterday for most consumers requiring more than 160 litres per month, state television reported on Friday.Other drivers can still purchase up to 60 litres of gasoline at the existing rate of 15,000 rials per litre and up to another 100 litres at 30,000 rials per litre.According to local media, domestic fuel production of around 110mn litres per day lags rising demand which can go up to 140mn litres per day due to factors such as inefficient cars, smuggling to neighbouring countries and heat in summer.Government officials have warned that subsidised fuel prices in Iran are “not rational”, impose a heavy burden on state finances and encourage suboptimal consumption as well as necessitating fuel imports.Private drivers owning several cars will only be able to buy fuel at the lower-priced quotas for one of their vehicles, while most government-owned vehicles, many newly-produced cars and imported vehicles will have to use the more expensive rate.Iran’s economy risks staggering into simultaneous hyperinflation and deep recession, officials and analysts have said, as the rulers scramble to preserve stability with limited room to manoeuvre after a snapback of UN sanctions. Source link
The death toll from the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has risen to 70,654 in addition to 171,095 wounded, the majority…
A wave of severe weather and extreme cold that has been hitting the Gaza Strip since Thursday has claimed the lives of 13 Palestinians in less than 24 hours, in addition to a series of widespread collapses in several areas. Civil defence teams are continuing search and rescue operations under the rubble. Palestine’s news agency (WAFA) quoted sources in the Civil Defence and ambulance services in Gaza as saying that six Palestinians died when a family home collapsed in the Bir Al-Na’ja area in the northern Gaza Strip. Two others died when a wall collapsed in the Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City last evening, and one person died on Thursday after a wall collapsed in the Shati refugee camp. The sources added that a child died due to the extreme cold in Khan Younis, while two other children died as a result of the severe cold in Gaza City. A person also died when a residential building collapsed, and rescue teams are still searching for missing persons under the rubble Source link
A Palestinian man was killed on Saturday morning by Israeli occupation army gunfire in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, as ceasefire violations continued.Palestinian WAFA news agency reported…
A severe storm and low-pressure system hitting the Gaza Strip within the past 24 hours have caused the deaths of at least 11 people and left several others injured.Local sources reported by Palestinian WAFA news agency said that five people were killed and others were injured after a house sheltering displaced families collapsed in the Beir al-Naaja area of the city of Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza.Two more people died after a large wall fell on tents housing displaced families in the Al-Rimal neighborhood west of Gaza City early today. Another Palestinian was killed yesterday when a wall collapsed in the Shati refugee camp.Meantime, two children were injured after their tent collapsed in the Al-Amadi area, while freezing temperatures led to the death of an infant inside a displaced people’s tent in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis yesterday.Civil defense teams reported that at least ten houses have collapsed in the past hours, including two in the Al-Karama and Sheikh Radwan neighborhoods. Residents of the Darbieh family home in Sheikh Radwan were evacuated after its entrance collapsed, while the Al-Madhoun family was evacuated near Al-Karama roundabout in Gaza City.The low-pressure system also caused entire camps in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis to flood and inflicted damage on large areas in Al-Basa and Al-Baraka in Deir al-Balah, the central market in Al-Nuseirat, and the Yarmouk and Al-Mina areas in Gaza City. Source link
Israeli warplanes launched heavy airstrikes Friday on several areas in southern and eastern Lebanon, including Wadi Zalaya in the Bekaa and towns in Jezzine and Nabatieh.Strikes also hit areas between Zrariyeh and Ansar, and near Sajad, Al Rihan, and Jbaa.Despite a ceasefire deal from November 2024 requiring Israeli withdrawal, forces remain in five southern positions and continue violations Source link
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that it will reduce food rations for Sudanese communities in famine due to a funding shortfall, effective next month.”Beginning in January, rations will be reduced to 70 percent for communities in famine areas and 50 percent for those at risk of famine,” WFP Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response Ross Smith told reporters in Geneva.”As of April we will fall off a cliff when it comes to funding,” Smith added.Last week, the UN and its partners launched a global humanitarian appeal to save millions of lives in war zones and conflict areas, including Sudan which requires $2.9 billion to provide life-saving assistance to 20 million people trapped in the world’s largest displacement crisis. ( Source link
Israeli occupation forces arrested six Palestinians on Tuesday after raiding the town of Birzeit, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.Palestinian news agency (WAFA) reported…
Israeli warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes on several areas in southern Lebanon late last night.According to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA), the raids were launched in multiple waves, targeting the valley between the towns of Azzeh and Roumine Arki, the outskirts of the town of Jbaa, and the heights of Jabal Safi.NNA added that Israeli aircraft also struck Wadi Zifta twice, noting that the airstrikes caused damage to a number of homes on the outskirts of Jbaa.The November 2014 ceasefire agreement mandated the withdrawal of Israeli forces from border villages and towns in southern Lebanon within 60 days. Yet Israeli forces continue to maintain a presence in five locations, in defiance of the agreement, despite Beirut’s approval of an extension until February 18. Source link