Nigerian kidnappers demand $US620,000 for release of school hostages, local authorities say
Kaduna, Nigeria Reuters Gunmen who kidnapped 286 students and staff from a school in northern Nigeria last week have demanded a total of one billion naira ($US620,432) for their release, a spokesman for the families of the hostages and a local councillor told Reuters. The school children, some older students and members of the school […]
Gunmen kidnap 227 pupils from school in Nigeria
Kaduna, Nigeria Reuters Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped more than 200 school pupils in the northern town of Kuriga on Thursday, a teacher, local councillor and parents of the missing children said, in the biggest mass abduction from a school since 2021. Police in Kaduna state did not respond to requests for comment on the abductions, […]
Fire in China school dorm kills 13 boys
Beijing, China Reuters A fire in a central China school dormitory killed 13 students and injured another，prompting the authorities to call for screening fire risks in crowded places, state media said on Saturday. The Friday night fire killed third graders in a boys’ dormitory of Yingcai School in Henan Province, according to China Newsweek, a […]
Improve at school
Being married to a teacher and, as a parent, here are some simple things you can do with your children, that will have a huge impact on their schooling. PICTURE: note thanun/Unsplash Be interested and positive about school. Ask your children what they did each day, show interest. Support the teacher. Help them with their homework. […]
Student lit deadly fire at Guyana school after phone confiscated – police
Updated: 10am (AEST)Georgetown, GuyanaReuters A fire in a school dormitory in Guyana that killed 19 children was lit by a student after school authorities confiscated her cell phone, police said on Tuesday. The children, mostly Indigenous girls, died around midnight on Monday, most at the scene. “A female student is suspected of having set the […]
At least 19 die in school dormitory fire in Guyana; police say it may have been arson
Updated: 10:45am (AEST)Georgetown, GuyanaReuters An overnight fire in a school dormitory in Guyana that killed at least 19 children may have been arson, the country’s police and fire services said on Monday. The building in the central city of Mahdia was “completely engulfed in flames” by the time firefighters arrived around midnight, the Fire Service […]
Wow!: Shining example? Solar power boosts struggling Tunisian school
A solar-powered school in northern Tunisia shows how the country’s lagging schools might be turned around – and renewables boosted. MENNA FAROUK, of Thomson Reuters Foundaton, reports…
Housing hardships: Nigeria’s slum lords evict the poorest as rents soar
As PHILIP OBAJI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports, rent inflation is causing pain in a nation where most people spend over half their income on housing, especially in Abuja…
Indonesia quake toll rises to at least 268 people, many of them children at school
Cianjur, Indonesia Reuters An earthquake that struck Indonesia’s West Java killed at least 268 people, many of them children, with 151 still missing, disaster relief officials said on Tuesday, as rescuers searched the rubble of destroyed buildings for survivors. The shallow 5.6-magnitude quake struck in Indonesia’s most populous province on Monday afternoon, causing significant damage […]
More than 50 killed in northern Ethiopia air strike – aid workers and Tigray forces
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters More than 50 people were killed in an air strike on Tuesday that hit a school in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region that was sheltering people displaced by conflict between the federal and regional governments, two aid workers and Tigray forces said. The air strike in the town of Adi Daero, some 40 […]