Under unusual pressure from Israel and the United States, the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, opted not to include either Israel or Hamas on a list of armies and guerrilla groups that kill and maim children in conflicts worldwide, despite the recommendations of one of his senior envoys, diplomats say.
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June 03, 2015
In a small classroom at Mandera Academy, a private school, posters with numbers, Swahili and English letters, and geometric shapes hung on the walls as dozens of students crammed together on small wooden desks. Bilan Abdi, 9, stood up and spoke about her late teacher, Violet Muranga, who was shot last year as she was dragged out of a bus with other victims while traveling to visit her family.
June 01, 2015
Silencing, imprisoning, or killing physicists and literature professors doesn't seem like a way to win wars, but from Islamists storming a Kenyan university, to Sudanese doctors and student leaders disappearing at the hands of intelligence agents, to Syrian teachers finding themselves caught between the regime and militants, the danger academics face today is said to be worse than it has been since Einstein's time.
June 01, 2015
A teacher and two students were killed when a rocket struck a school compound in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, government officials said, as intensifying combat across the country takes a high toll on civilian life.
In the worst affected provinces, families are too afraid to send their children to school and some have closed until further notice.
June 01, 2015
Schools are supposed to be a safe place for children to learn, to play with classmates and seek knowledge. In the last few years, the world has witnessed many education institutions coming under attack by armed groups and terrorists.
May 31, 2015
Attacks on schools and universities are becoming so common now that only those with record numbers of victims get much of a showing in the international media. But these incidents are merely two out of thousands of attacks on schools and universities and incidents of military use of such facilities in the past 10 years.
May 29, 2015
37 countries on May 29, 2015, joined an international Safe Schools Declaration that commits them to protect education from attack.
May 29, 2015
37 pays ont souscrit le 29 mai 2015 à une Déclaration pour des écoles sûres internationale qui les engage à protéger l’éducation contre les attaques.
May 29, 2015
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