Nigeria: UN Chief Condemns Attack On School

The United Nations Secretary-General has strongly condemned Wednesday's attack on a boarding school in north-central Nigeria, in which one student was killed and several students,… Read more »

Chad: From the Field - Teaching Chad's Scientists of the Future

The study of science could have a "transformational" impact on young people living in different conflict areas across the world according to the UN's Education Cannot Wait… Read more »

Cameroon: UN Shocked and Outraged Over Horrific Attack On School

The United Nations has strongly condemned Saturday's attack on a school in southwestern Cameroon, which claimed the lives of eight children, and wounded another twelve. Read more »

Africa: Covid-19 - African Countries Urged to Promote a Safe Return to School

School closures implemented to protect students from COVID-19, are hurting them in other ways, while the long-term impact of this disruption to education could create a "lost… Read more »

Malawi: Making Education Safe for Children With Albinism in Malawi

In Malawi, where children with albinism face attacks, and even ritual killings, going to school can expose them to life-threatening dangers. The UN is helping to make schools safer… Read more »

Mozambique: Mozambique School Children Face 'Catastrophic' Fall-Out From COVID-19 - a UN Resident Coordinator Blog

School children in Mozambique are facing what a senior United Nations and World Bank official in the southern African country are calling "catastrophic outcomes" from the COVID-19… Read more »

Africa: School Closures Triple in Central and Western Africa As Education Comes Under Fire

A surge in "deliberate" attacks against students, teachers and schools in West and Central Africa has led to a tripling in school closures in the last year and left almost two… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Easing 'Classroom Crisis' in Côte d'Ivoire, Brick By (Plastic) Brick

In an innovative partnership, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and a Colombian social enterprise announced on Monday that it had broken ground on a first-of-its-kind… Read more »

Cameroon: Over 80 Per Cent of Schools in Anglophone Cameroon Shut Down, As Conflict Worsens

More than 80 per cent of schools in the English-speaking North-West and South-West regions of Cameroon are closed, as the security situation and living conditions continue to… Read more »