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Day: 26 August 2024

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Food Security Target May Not Be Achieved By 2030

Food Security Target May Not Be Achieved By 2030

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The 2030 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) hunger and food security target may not be achieved by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

FAO in its State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024 report said “Six years from 2030, hunger and food insecurity trends are not yet moving in the right direction to end hunger and food insecurity (SDG Target 2.1) by 2030”.

The global body said indicators of progress towards global nutrition targets similarly show that the world is not on track to eliminate all forms of malnutrition.

THE WHISTLER reported that the number of humans suffering from hunger globally rose to 733 million in 2023 with a significant number of women aged 15 to 49 years suffering from anemia.

“Billions of people still lack access to nutritious, safe and sufficient food. Nevertheless, progress in many countries provides hope of the possibility of getting back on track towards hunger and malnutrition eradication” the report reads.

According to FAO, countries must revert to the current trends of hunger, food security and malnutrition before implementing policies, investments and legislation which require proper financing for food security and nutrition.

The UN agency also noted that despite a broad agreement on the urgent need to increase financing for food security and nutrition, the same cannot be said for a common understanding regarding how this financing should be defined and tracked.

Recommending solutions, the FAO called for the efficient use of innovative financing tools and reforms to tackle food insecurity.

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Isese Day: Ogun govt commits to fostering inclusiveness of all religions

Isese Day: Ogun govt commits to fostering inclusiveness of all religions

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The Dapo Abiodun-led administration has said it will continue to promote religious tolerance and ensure peaceful co-existence among various adherents in the state.

Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Oluwasesan Fagbayi, stated this during the 2024 Isese Day celebration held in Abeokuta on Tuesday.

Fagbayi maintained that celebrating the rich cultural heritage and traditions, giving necessary support to traditional institutions, as well as enhancing the promotion of Indigenous tradition would preserve Yoruba traditional religion.

The Commissioner represented by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Quudus Yusuff, noted that the colourful display by different traditional religious sects at the celebration was proof that the Day was worthy of being recognised as an international event, to attract tourists across the globe, thereby enhancing the tourism potential of the state.

Also speaking, the Chairman of the Ogun State Alternative Medicine Board, OGAMB, who is also the Alawoerin of Egbaland, Chief Nurudeen Olaleye, enjoined all traditional worshippers across the country to use the occasion to pray for peace, unity and stability of the state and the country in general.

Speaking on the theme of the event, Vengeance, at Oke-Abola mountain, Saje, Abeokuta, the guest lecturer, Ojubona Akanbi, admonished people to desist from taking vengeance as the consequences were usually destructive and could hinder progress, adding that love and unity among people would prevent people from hurting others.

He charged youths to avoid acts capable of disrupting the peace and progress of the society, tasking them to add their quota to the development of the state and the nation.

DAILY POST reports that August 20 was declared Isese Day in some Western states to celebrate the Yoruba traditional religion and traditions since 2023 and is being observed simultaneously across all states in the southwest.

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Italian scholars examine Leonardo da Vinci’s handwritten text on student’s drawing, contents unknown: Chunichi Shimbun Web

Italian scholars examine Leonardo da Vinci’s handwritten text on student’s drawing, contents unknown: Chunichi Shimbun Web

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Culture Italian scholars examine Leonardo da Vinci’s handwritten notes on student’s sketch, but contents remain unknown

15:50 on August 24, 2024 (updated at 16:05 on August 24)

Culture A document believed to be in Leonardo da Vinci's handwriting (provided by the Historical, Cultural and Environmental Assets Assessment Committee, in collaboration with the National Museum of Natural History)

A document believed to be in Leonardo da Vinci’s handwriting (provided by the Historical, Cultural and Environmental Assets Assessment Committee, in collaboration with the National Museum of Natural History)

[Geneva Kyodo News]Italian art historians have identified text written on a part of a painting owned by a Swiss art collector as likely to be in Leonardo da Vinci’s own handwriting. It has not yet been possible to decipher what is written, and Silvano Vincetti, who led the appraisal, said, “It is a mystery that may one day be solved.”

The painting, a red charcoal drawing of a young woman’s torso, was rediscovered in the 1990s after passing through the hands of Swiss antiquities dealers, and in 2001 the late Carlo Pedretti, a well-known authority on Leonardo da Vinci, identified it as a work by Da Vinci’s pupil Cesare da Sesto (1477-1523).

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