BREAKING NEWS

Photojournalists killed, gravely wounded in Libya

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By Joe Pompeo  – Wed Apr 20, 12:26 pm ET

Vanity Fair confirmed a little after 1:30 p.m. on Twitter Wednesday that one of its contributing photographers, Tim Hetherington (pictured above), has died while covering the conflict in Libya. Hetherington was a renowned British-American photojournalist and the Oscar-nominated director, with Sebastian Junger, of "Restrepo," a 2010 documentary about a year spent on assignment for Vanity Fair in Afghanistan.

The New York Times' C.J. Chivers, who is stationed in Libya, reported the news shortly thereafter, confirming that three other photographers were wounded: "The wounds to two of the photographers -- Chris Hondros and Guy Martin -- were grave, according to a colleague at the triage center where they were being treated Wednesday night. Their prospects for survival were not immediately clear." Hondros was on assignment for Getty. The fourth photographer, Michael Christopher Brown, reportedly suffered shrapnel injuries.

In the breathless rush to break the news, bloggers and tweeters reported without confirmation that both Hetherington and Hondros had been killed. The early reports originated from the Facebook page of a fellow photographer in Libya, Andre Liohn. Major news organizations held off reporting names until details could be confirmed and families notified.

"BBC can confirm one western journalist has been killed and three injured in a mortar attack in city of #Benghazi #libya," the British news agency tweeted.

"The Associated Press is investigating reports that four foreign photojournalists have been wounded in fighting in Misrata, Libya, and at least one is believed to have died," read an advisory sent to the wire's member editors. "The AP will expedite a story as soon as we obtain confirmation from credible sources, pending notification of family."

A call to the Middle East and North Africa program coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists, which has been tracking violence against reporters in Libya and elsewhere in the region, was not returned.

There are currently dozens of journalists covering the escalating conflict in Libya. Many are reporting on the fighting from a distance in the nation's capital city, Tripoli, where their movements and access are closely controlled by state handlers. Others have been covering the war from the frontlines, where the situation is far more dangerous.

Previously, there had been one confirmed death of a journalist in Libya, a cameraman for Al Jazeera, since the eruption of the tumult several months ago. But a number of Western journalists have been swept up and detained by forces loyal to dictator Muammar Gadhafi. Several remain in custody.

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SHULE NYINGI ZA UMMA ZINAKABILIWA NA IDADI KUBWA YA WANAFUNZI

 A cross-section of the standard one pupils' classroom at Peramiho Primary School in Songea District, Ruvuma Region was listening to their teacher during their lessons yesterday. A lot of public schools in many areas of the country are facing the problem of over population of pupils, for instance, one classroom can occupy more than 60 pupils at once, which is making difficult to many teachers to attend to each pupil effectively. As the result they are end up of been overridden hence poor academic performance.

This is the Head teacher for Peramiho Primary School, Jane Mkuwa, who is a 26th head teacher since the school was established in 1928, during an interview with the reporter on  Wednesday. She said her school faces lot problems including small school capitation and the old school buildings which have not renovated for long time now. The school was built by the missionaries of (Benedictine Father of Peramiho, Roman Catholic) and was nationalized by the government later on.