President Goodluck Jonathan met for the first time Tuesday with parents of 219 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls and dozens of classmates who managed to escape from their Islamic extremist captors.
News Archive
July 21, 2014
UNRWA condemns in the strongest possible terms the shelling of one of its schools in the central area of Gaza which was sheltering hundreds of Palestinians displaced by the current fighting.
July 21, 2014
Vigils are to be held around the world for Nigeria’s 200 kidnapped girls of Chibok on 22 July - exactly 100 days after their abduction from school.
July 21, 2014
The recruitment and use of children by armed groups remained endemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 2010 and 2013.
July 18, 2014
The Borno Government says it will re-open all public schools after the Ramadan fast.
July 17, 2014
Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, yesterday painted a grim picture of the state of education in his state that is the epicentre of the insurgency unleashed on Nigeria by Boko Haram.
July 17, 2014
UN agency for Palestinian refugees condemns 'first of its kind' incident, saying missiles removed and relevant parties informed
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees is investigating the discovery of 20 rockets hidden in one of its vacant schools in the Gaza Strip.
July 17, 2014
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European Parliament resolution of 17 July 2014 on Nigeria - recent attacks by Boko Haram (2014/2729(RSP))
July 16, 2014
Attacks on teachers and other educators are a disturbingly common tactic of war and a serious threat to education, the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) says in a new study released on 14 July.
July 15, 2014
The Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram has not just been busy abducting schoolgirls and taking them hostage.
