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Inside Higher Ed, January 21, 2016
Attack at a Pakistani University
Twenty killed in assault on Bacha Khan University, the latest attack on an educational institution in a country that has suffered more than any other.
READ MOREThe Guardian, January 20, 2016
Pakistan attacks: at least 30 dead in terror raid at Bacha Khan University
A group of militants has stormed a university in north-west Pakistan, killing at least 30 people and leaving dozens injured.
READ MOREReuters, January 19, 2016
Several wounded in Turkey as mortar hits school near Syria border
Several people were wounded and at least one feared killed after a mortar shell which appeared to have been fired from Syria struck a school in Turkey’s southeastern border province…
READ MOREDaily Post, January 13, 2016
Nigeria President orders investigation into kidnap of 219 Chibok girls
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an investigation into the abduction of the 219 gIrls from Government Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State
READ MOREReuters, January 10, 2016
Air strike by suspected Russian jets kills 12 school children in Ain Jara
Bombs dropped by suspected Russian warplanes killed at least 12 Syrian schoolchildren on Monday when they hit a classroom in a rebel-held town in Aleppo province.
READ MOREAFP via Yahoo News, January 3, 2016
Kenya’s Garissa university reopens nine months after massacre
A university in northeastern Kenya where at least 148 people were killed in an attack by Islamist gunmen last April, was officially reponed Monday with students due to return next…
READ MOREBBC, December 21, 2015
UNICEF: Nigeria’s Boko Haram ‘forces one million out of school’
An Islamist insurgency has kept about one million children out of school in Nigeria and three neighbouring states, the UN children’s agency has said.
READ MOREGCPEA PRESS RELEASE, December 15, 2015
Guidance on Protecting Education Released on Anniversary of Deadly School Attack
The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) has released the report, “What Ministries Can Do to Protect Education from Attack and Schools from Military Use: A Menu of…
READ MOREGCPEA PRESS RELEASE, December 15, 2015
Diffusion d’un guide pour la protection de l’éducation, un an après l’attaque meurtrière d’une école pakistanaise
La Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) a diffusé un rapport, intitulé « Ce que les ministères de l’éducation peuvent faire pour protéger l’éducation contre les attaques et…
READ MOREReuters, December 14, 2015
Dozens die in strikes on Syrian school district, other areas
Intense air and missile strikes on a school district and other areas in insurgent-held Damascus suburbs killed dozens of people on Sunday, including children, a monitoring group and local rescue…
READ MOREAmnesty International, December 10, 2015
Bombing of schools by Saudi Arabia-led coalition a flagrant attack on future of Yemen’s children
“Schools are central to civilian life, they are meant to offer a safe space for children. Yemen’s young school pupils are being forced to pay the price for these attacks.
READ MOREReuters, December 7, 2015
Taliban Occupies School during attack on Kandahar Airport
Taliban insurgents attacked the airport in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Tuesday and were engaged in fighting with security forces, regional officials said.
READ MOREBBC News, November 29, 2015
Woman dies after ‘terror drill’ at Kenya’s Strathmore University
One woman has died and at least 31 others have been hospitalised after a security exercise at a university in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
READ MOREBBC News, November 29, 2015
Woman dies after ‘terror drill’ at Kenya’s Strathmore University
One woman has died and at least 31 others have been hospitalised after a security exercise at a university in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
READ MOREGCPEA, November 9, 2015
Protecting Education Newsletter, November 2015
Ahead of the third year anniversary of the Pakistani Taliban’s shooting of schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai in a violent reaction to her commitment to girls’ education, GCPEA convened a workshop in…
READ MOREKyiv Post, November 9, 2015
The last school bell in Krasnohorivka
Nina Nikolayevna prefers to focus on the good times. When the school principal reminisces about the celebrations they used to hold at School Number 3, she is animated and passionate.
READ MOREUNESCO, November 2, 2015
The Safe Schools Declaration is now endorsed by 51 States
In the presence of H.R.H Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, all Member States of UNESCO were today invited to endorse the Safe Schools…
READ MOREUNESCO, October 29, 2015
UNESCO invites Member States to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration
At the opening day of the 38th General Conference on 3 November H.R.H Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, will attend the Safe Schools…
READ MOREAssociated Press, October 29, 2015
Hundreds move out of Kenyan university fearing an attack after 4 students join extremists
Hundreds of students at Moi University in western Kenya are fleeing the school’s dorms, fearing a deadly extremist attack by some of their previous colleagues, a student leader said Friday.
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, October 28, 2015
DR Congo: Students, Schools at Risk in Conflict Zones
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo should increase protection for students and schools in areas of the country affected by armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said in a…
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