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The Washington Post, October 5, 2013

Nigerian rights group to ICC: Investigate extremist school attacks as crimes against humanity

LAGOS, Nigeria — A Nigerian human rights group said Sunday it is asking the International Criminal Court to urgently investigate the killings of schoolchildren and teachers by suspected Islamic militants…

Reuters, October 5, 2013

Suicide bomb attacks on Iraqi school, Shi’ite pilgrims, kill 29

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – A suicide bomber drove a truck packed with explosives into the playground of a primary school in northern Iraq and blew himself up, killing 14 children…

UNICEF Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa, October 1, 2013

Statement on Syria by Maria Calivis, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa

AMMAN,1 October 2013 UNICEF is appalled by the reported deaths of at least 12 children in an air attack on a secondary school in Raqqa, north east Syria, on 29…

The Daily Star : Lebanon News , October 1, 2013

Syria children risk death just going to school: HRW

BEIRUT: The army’s bombing of a Syrian high school has shown that even attending the first day of school can be fatal for students, a rights watchdog said Tuesday.

Reuters, September 29, 2013

Nigeria beefs up school security after attacks: sources

MAIDUGURI/DAMATURU, Nigeria (Reuters) – After Islamists killed 40 students in a dormitory attack, Nigerian authorities are taking measures to improve security around schools, including stepping up patrols and putting armed…

New York Times, September 28, 2013

Militants Blamed After Dozens Killed at Nigerian College

DAKAR, Senegal — Dozens of gunmen attacked an agricultural college in northeastern Nigeria late Saturday and early Sunday, killing more than 40 students, local officials said. The attackers were thought…

United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO), September 24, 2013

Martin Kobler, head of MONUSCO strongly condemns attacks on schools and hospitals

Kinshasa, 25 September 2013: The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) strongly condemns the attacks on schools and hospitals committed by parties to…

United Nations News Centre, September 22, 2013

Millions of children denied education due to conflict – UN warns

23 September 2013 – Some 28.5 million children in countries affected by conflict are being denied access to learning, with tens of thousands of schools attacked or occupied by armed…

InterAksyon, September 22, 2013

BIFF still has 9 teachers as ‘human shields’; 6 dead in Cotabato clashes

BIFF elements took students and teachers as their human shields after soldiers and policemen pursued them for earlier harassing a militia unit.

New Straits Times, September 10, 2013

Two soliders killed by school bomb in Thai south

BANGKOK : A twin bomb blast struck a school in insurgency-plagued southern Thailand today, officials said, killing two soldiers and injuring one student in a new setback to peace efforts.

Associated Press, July 31, 2013

Nigeria: Islamic extremists kill 8 in northeast

Islamic extremists killed eight people in an attack targeting teachers and Muslim clerics in northeast Nigeria, witnesses and the military said Thursday.

IRIN Asia, July 29, 2013

Call for stronger security for Thai teachers in south

Stronger security is needed for teachers in government schools in Thailand’s deep south, where an ongoing insurgency by Muslim separatist groups has left more than 150 teachers dead since 2004,…

The Conversation, July 29, 2013

‘Where we used to go to teach … the armed men take us to torture us’

I’m writing from Syria, but it’s not the Syria I knew and loved. People today have lost the sparkle in their eyes because they’ve lost their faith in life. Men,…

Associated Press, July 24, 2013

2 Teachers Killed in Bombing in Thailand’s South

A roadside bomb exploded in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued south Wednesday, killing two teachers and wounding three other people, police said.

Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, July 12, 2013

Honor Malala’s Birthday by Protecting Education from Attack

Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani school girl, turns 16 years old today—an age she almost did not live to enjoy. Last October, Taliban gunmen shot Malala in retaliation for her speaking…

The Guardian, July 12, 2013

War denying millions of children an education

Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, July 10, 2013

Newsletter​: July 11, 2013

Tomorrow is Malala Yousafzai’s 16th birthday. The Pakistani school girl was shot by the Taliban last October for demanding education for girls. Malala’s story is not an isolated one. Students…

New York Times, July 10, 2013

Siege by Taliban Strains Pakistani Girls’ Schools

GHALANAI, Pakistan — The classroom in Ghalanai, an area nestled amid the mountains of Pakistan’s tribal belt, has the air of a military camp: a solitary tent pitched beside a…

Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, July 8, 2013

SRSG Zerrougui condemns spike in attacks on schools in north-eastern Nigeria

New York, 08 July 2013 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, strongly condemns the violent attack on a school and the…

Radio Dabanga, July 6, 2013

Most schools still closed following North Darfur tribal violence

As a result of the tribal violence between the Beni Hussein and Abbala tribes, not one of the 48 schools in Al Sareif Beni Hussein locality in North Darfur is…