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The Express Tribune , April 17, 2015
Student, two security guards injured in Lahore school firing incident
A security guard was injured in a firing incident outside St. Francis High School in Lahore’s Bahar Colony when he tried to stop dacoits from stealing a motorbike.
READ MOREAl Jazeera, April 14, 2015
Note to Boko Haram: Western education is NOT a sin
One year ago, on April 14, 2014, 276 teenage girls staying in the dormitories of a government secondary school in Chibok, Borno State, northeast Nigeria, were abducted by Boko Haram.…
READ MOREUNICEF, April 13, 2015
800,000 Children Forced to Flee Violence in Nigeria and Region
Around 800,000 children have been forced to flee their homes as a result of the conflict in northeast Nigeria between Boko Haram, military forces and civilian self-defence groups – according…
READ MOREA World at School, April 13, 2015
Five Syrian children and three teachers killed in airstrike on Aleppo school
Schools in the rebel-held areas of the Syrian city of Aleppo have been closed for a week after an airstrike on a primary school was reported to have killed five…
READ MOREDevex, April 9, 2015
More than a terror assault, Garissa a direct attack on education
Students and teachers at an institution for higher learning in northern Kenya were rudely awakened Thursday last week to the sound of gunshots. By the end of the day, more…
READ MOREProject Syndicate, April 9, 2015
Bring Them Back Now
It has been nearly a year since the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from their school in the town of Chibok in northern Nigeria on April 14,…
READ MOREDaily Witness, April 6, 2015
3 Students killed in Arab coalition bombing in central Yemen
Three students were killed on Tuesday during an air raid launched by the Saudi-led Arab coalition on a military base controlled by the Shiite Houthi movement, a base that was…
READ MOREGlobal Partnership for Education , April 2, 2015
Statement by Alice Albright on the attack on Garissa University College in Kenya
Yesterday’s attack on the Garissa University College in Kenya leading to reported killings of more than 147 students, teachers and university staff is yet another shocking reminder of how education…
READ MOREEuropean University Association, April 2, 2015
EUA condemns attack on Garissa University College
The European University Association is dismayed by and strongly condemns the terrorist attack that unfolded at Garissa University College in Kenya on Thursday 2 April killing 147 students and leaving…
READ MOREUNESCO, April 2, 2015
UNESCO Director-General Condemns Attack on Garissa University College in Kenya
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova has strongly condemned the armed attack on Garissa University College in Kenya that occurred on 2 April 2015 and has cost the lives of at least…
READ MOREHuffington Post, April 2, 2015
Enough! The Attacks on Schools Must End
After Pakistan, Nigeria and South Sudan, a fourth country has now become the most recent victim of heinous terrorist attacks on students and educational establishments.
READ MORETimes Higher Education, April 2, 2015
Kenya attack highlights universities’ vulnerability
A deadly attack at a Kenyan university demonstrates that higher education institutions are a “soft target” for terrorists, campaigners have said.The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack said the…
READ MOREThe Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown, April 2, 2015
Gordon Brown Calls for Immediate Release of Students in Kenya University Attack
The UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown said:“Gunman from the militant group al-Shabab, who have shot and taken hostage students in Kenya today, must be sent a message…
READ MORESave the Children , April 2, 2015
Kenya university killings fuel growing global trend of attack on education
‘Today’s attacks are both unjustified and horrifying in equal measure. The simple act of going to school or university is becoming increasingly perilous for young people across the world, with…
READ MOREReuters, April 2, 2015
Al Shabaab storms Kenyan university, 14 killed
At least 14 people were killed on Thursday when Islamist militant group al Shabaab stormed a Kenyan university campus, taking Christians hostage and engaging security forces in an extended shootout.
READ MOREReuters, March 30, 2015
Pakistan charges 70 schools for failing barbed wire test
A northwestern Pakistani province is taking criminal action against 70 schools that have failed to tighten security with measures such as installing barbed wire following a December high school attack…
READ MOREGlobal Campaign for Education, March 29, 2015
HONDURAS: GCE calls for justice as 4 student leaders are assassinated
Four students – the youngest of whom was just 13 years old – were brutally murdered in Comayaguela, Honduras between 24-25 March 2015. All had participated in protests against the…
READ MOREUN News Service, March 24, 2015
Amid growing crises, UN officials urge protection for war’s youngest victims
The international community must act “collectively and expeditiously” to thwart the growing number of children affected by armed conflicts, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared today, as the Security Council…
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch , March 23, 2015
Dispatches: Resisting the UN’s ‘List of Shame’
Israel is allegedly pressuring United Nations officials in Jerusalem to keep the Israel Defense Forces off the UN secretary-general’s “list of shame” of armed groups that commit grave violations of…
READ MORENewsweek, March 20, 2015
Israeli Military to Investigate Deadly Attack on Gaza UN School
The Israeli military yesterday announced that it was opening an investigation into the shelling of a UN school in the Gaza Strip last summer which, according to Palestinian accounts, left…
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