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AFP, May 25, 2012
13 killed in suicide attack on Yemen Shiite rebels
SANAA — A suicide attacker drove an explosives-packed car into a post held by Shiite Zaidi rebels in north Yemen on Friday, killing 13 people, including three children, a tribal…
READ MORECNN, May 23, 2012
Official: 122 girls, 3 teachers poisoned at Afghan school
More than 120 girls and three teachers were admitted to an Afghanistan hospital Wednesday after being poisoned in their classes with a type of spray, a Takhar provincial official said.
READ MOREInstitute of International Education, Scholar Rescue Fund, May 21, 2012
Dr. Myint Oo, Alumnus, IIE Scholar Rescue Fund and Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program to speak at IIE event on ‘Burma’s Spring”
Dr. Allan E. Goodman, President and CEO, Invites you to a Special Lecture on “Burma’s Spring”
READ MOREVangaurd News, May 17, 2012
Explosions rock two primary schools in Kano
KANO – Multiple explosions Wednesday night, hit two primary schools in Jayin and Hotoro Arewa in Kumbotso and Nasarawa local government areas respectively in Kano municipal.
READ MORERelief Web, May 16, 2012
Countries learn from Nepal’s ‘Schools as Zones of Peace’ programme
Report — UN Children’s Fund By Rupa JoshiKATHMANDU, Nepal, 16 May 2012 – Participants from five countries and various ministries and international NGOs gathered in Nepal last week to learn…
READ MOREUNICEF Press Centre, May 10, 2012
UNICEF condemns deadly attack on monitoring team working to provide better education to the children of Afghanistan
KABUL, 10 May 2012 – UNICEF was shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the deliberate attack in Paktika province on Tuesday, on a convoy of fifteen staff members from…
READ MORETOLOnews, May 8, 2012
Nangarhar: Armed Men Torch Girls’ School
Armed men torched a girls’ school in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province on Monday night, the same day that ten other local schools were reopened after Taliban threats had forced them…
READ MORENew York Times, May 8, 2012
Taliban Kill 5 Afghan Education Officials Near Border
KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents ambushed a convoy of Afghan education officials traveling in a southeastern province close to the border with Pakistan on Tuesday…
READ MOREThe Express Tribune, May 7, 2012
Attack on education: Two more schools destroyed in FATA
Two more schools were destroyed in Mohmand and South Waziristan agencies on Sunday, bringing the number of destroyed schools in Mohmand Agency alone to 95.
READ MORENew York Times (AP), May 3, 2012
At Least 4 Said to Be Dead in Raid on Aleppo University in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian security forces stormed dorms at a northwestern university to break up anti-government protests there, killing at least four students and wounding several others with tear gas…
READ MOREBBC News, April 30, 2012
Deadly attack on Nigeria’s Bayero university in Kano
At least 16 people have been killed in a gun and bomb attack at a university in Nigeria’s northern city of Kano, Nigerian Red Cross officials say.Six others were in…
READ MOREGulf News, April 26, 2012
Ministry reports 67th attack on school
A high school for girls in the central town of Jid Hafs in Bahrain became the 67th learning institution to come under attack since the start of the academic year…
READ MOREPhilippine Daily Inquirer, April 24, 2012
Some things don’t mix
Some valuable truths underlie Oplan Bayanihan, the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ 16-month-old internal peace and security plan.
READ MOREUNICEF Press Centre, April 23, 2012
UNICEF condemns killing of children in attack on school in Iraq
UNICEF condemns an attack that took place yesterday on a secondary school that killed two children and injured one near the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit.
READ MOREApril 20, 2012
NIGERIA: School attendance down after Boko Haram attacks
So far this year 14 schools have been burnt down in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, northern Nigeria, forcing over 7,000 children out of formal education and pushing down…
READ MOREThe Nation, April 19, 2012
Bomb explodes in Narathiwat; school set ablaze
A school in Narathiwat province was set ablaze on Wednesday night while a bomb targeting government personnel exploded nearby, though no injuries were reported.
READ MOREReuters, April 17, 2012
Afghan schoolgirls poisoned in anti-education attack
About 150 Afghan schoolgirls were poisoned on Tuesday after drinking contaminated water at a high school in the country’s north, officials said, blaming it on conservative radicals opposed to female…
READ MOREDawn Newspaper, April 17, 2012
Student killed in Peshawar grenade attack
PESHAWAR, April 16: A student was killed and another received critical injuries when suspected militants hurled a hand grenade at a private school in Chargano Kallay on the outskirts of…
READ MOREHuffington Post, April 11, 2012
Threats in the Classroom: Teachers Protect Students in the Midst of Colombia’s War
Military and recruitment campaigns have pushed through the front gates of public schools in Colombia’s most war-ravaged communities.
READ MOREABS-CBN news, April 2, 2012
Military urged: Stop using schools as barracks
MANILA, Philippines – An international human rights organization has asked Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Jessie Dellosa to address human rights violations, starting with the banning…
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