A blast rocked a primary school in Libya's restive second city Benghazi during playtime on Wednesday, wounding six children, security and medical officials said.
News Archive
January 22, 2014
New York, 22 January - As the Geneva II peace talks begin Wednesday, the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, joins Save the Children, its president and CEO, Carolyn Miles, other humanitarian organizations and leaders in issuing the following open letter urging the protection of Syria’s children:
January 22, 2014
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen shot dead a teacher in a northeast Nigerian village on the border with Chad, police and residents said on Tuesday.
January 15, 2014
A suspected improvised bomb attack at a university campus in the Philippines has left 24 people wounded -- many critically -- including students and teachers, police said on Monday.
January 13, 2014
According to a security source in the Nineveh province two students from the University of Mosul were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded at the University’s gate.
January 13, 2014
Fire in a bunkhouse at campus may have been started to distract authorities away from perpetrator
A grenade attack on a public school has wounded at least 20 people in the southern Philippines, including government personnel who were there to put out a fire.
January 12, 2014
At GCPEA, as the New Year begins, we are focusing on an issue that has received little public attention: attacks on higher education facilities and personnel.
January 09, 2014
UNICEF deplores yesterday’s car bombing near a school in Al-Kafat village, Hama governorate, in which as many as 20 people were reportedly killed and around 100 reportedly injured.
January 09, 2014
(CNN) -- A 14-year-old boy is being hailed as a hero in Pakistan for tackling a suicide bomber -- dying at the main gate of his school and saving schoolmates gathered for their morning assembly.
January 08, 2014
Exiled scholars speak of hopes for renewal and fears for lost generation
Yasmin was at home after a day at work at Al-Baath University in Homs, Syria, when she heard that one of her students had been shot and killed.
