Noticia África

28 abducted Baptist school students freed in Nigeria

Publicado: 26 julio 2021

Nigeria/July 26, 2021/By IBRAHIM GARBA and SAM OLUKOYA/Source: https://apnews.com/ Armed kidnappers in Nigeria have released 28 of the more than 120 students who were abducted at the beginning of July from the Bethel Baptist High School in the northern town of Damishi. Church officials handed those children over to their parents at the school on […]

How Covid-19 threatened girl-child education in Northern Nigeria

Publicado: 22 julio 2021

Nigeria/July 22, 2021/By: https://www.blueprint.ng/ The girl-child education is faced with numerous challenges especially in northern Nigeria where economic barriers, social cultural norms and practices, among other factors, discourage parents/guardians from enrolling the girl-child in formal education. A recent report by UNICEF indicates that one in every five of the world’s out-of- school children is in Nigeria, of […]

What’s Behind the Spate of School Kidnappings in Nigeria?

Publicado: 19 julio 2021

Nigeria/July 19, 2021/By Akindare Okunola/Source: https://www.globalcitizen.org/ At least 1,000 children have been kidnapped since December 2020. Nigeria has the highest number of out of school children in Africa, according to its Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba. There are various reasons why Nigeria has so many children who are not getting any formal education, but in […]

Nigeria – School Kidnapping: Nothing will be spared to protect our children— FG declares

Publicado: 18 julio 2021

Nigeria/July 18, 2021/By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja/Source:https://www.vanguardngr.com/ In the wake of the recent surge in the armed invasion of schools as well as the kidnap of students and pupils, the Federal Government has expressed greater commitment to its safe school initiative, declaring to security agencies that nothing must be spared in safeguarding schools. Minister of Interior, […]

Moçambique: Fome aumenta em 2020 e atinge 10 por cento da população mundial

Publicado: 13 julio 2021

Moçambique 13 de julho 2021/Por: O pais /Fonte: https://www.opais.co.mz A Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU) lamentou, na segunda-feira, o “agravamento dramático” da fome mundial em 2020, devido à pandemia da COVID-19, e pediu milhares de milhões de dólares para combater a desnutrição. De acordo com um relatório lavrado pela agremiação, a fome ultrapassou o crescimento […]

Nigerian State Closes Schools After 140 Students Kidnapped

Publicado: 11 julio 2021

Nigeria/July 11, 2021/By: Timothy Obiezu/Source: https://www.voanews.com/ Nigerian authorities in northwest Kaduna state have closed 13 schools after more than 140 students were kidnapped Monday from a Baptist high school. The closures follow a string of armed attacks on schools that authorities say threaten to permanently damage Nigerian children’s education. Kaduna State Schools Quality Assurance Authority […]