On June 21, dozens of armed Islamist rebels stormed and occupied a school on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.
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June 22, 2017
Several students sitting exams were wounded in an explosion at a school.
June 21, 2017
Pro-Islamic State militants stormed a school in the southern Philippines early on Wednesday and are holding several students hostage.
June 20, 2017
There’s one more thing Australia could do to protect children’s education in emergencies, and it doesn’t cost a cent: endorse the Safe Schools Declaration.
June 16, 2017
What better way is there for African states to honour their children than by endorsing and implementing the Safe Schools Declaration?
June 15, 2017
Botswana has become the 66th country to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration, joining the one third of UN member states that have already signed on to this commitment to safeguard education during armed conflict
June 12, 2017
More than 630 schools have been damaged, others are occupied by military forces and children and teachers are too afraid to attend classes in Greater Kasai.
June 10, 2017
Sameer Ahmad, a 19-year-old class 12 student, was hit by a bullet in the head and was in critical condition in a hospital in Srinagar.
June 02, 2017
The United Nations estimates that in Central Kasaï more than 35,000 children have been affected by attacks, occupations and the closure of schools due to external threats.
May 30, 2017
Suspected Islamic extremists have wrecked a primary school in central Mali out of hostility to Western-style education,.
