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Nigeria pays the price of violence

  Obagaji / AFP Anyebe Peter has only recently returned to his farm in central Nigeria, nearly three months after attacks by Fulani herdsmen killed seven villagers, destroyed 250 homes and forced survivors to flee. “Nothing is left for us either on our farm or in our village after the attack,” he said in Adagbo, a stone’s throw from the ...

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Saving Myanmar’s chessmen from checkmate

  Yangon / AFP Gripping a monkey-faced chess piece, TheinZaw swipes his hand across the chequerboard and topples an advancing demon, demonstrating an ancient form of the game that Myanmar traditionalists are battling to revive. Sittuyin, as Myanmar’s unique chess is called, is similar to the modern game but has distinctive pieces as well as moves that echo a time ...

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Engineering trends

  Sunaina Rana/ Emirates Business Aida Karimi, Senior Designer, Di Leonardo Di studio, (a leading interior architectural design firm), believes design is a collaborative process where every team member makes a contribution facilitated by effective communication. Aida leads the creative process by proactively engaging in all aspects of the design and ensuring the quality and consistency to express the values ...

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