Category: Science & Technology
140 Students Abducted in Northwestern Nigeria?
Armed kidnappers have taken 140 students from their boarding school in northwestern Nigeria, local officials announced Monday. Attackers opened fire on the Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna state early Monday, abducting most of the 165 pupils boardi…
Large-Scale Kidnappings in Nigeria’s North Threaten Education
Nigeria has one of world’s highest numbers of out-of-school children, 13.2 million, according to the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF). A wave of school kidnappings has worsened the situation, with some state authorities closing down boarding schools in th…
Students Become Neighbors Time Zones Apart
WASHINGTON – Relatively few students in the U.S. have opportunities to study abroad, says Mohamed Abdel-Kader, executive director of the Stevens Initiative, a public-private partnership based at the Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C.Some estimates rig…
Growing Outcry in Ethiopia Over Abducted University Students
ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopians are expressing anger and frustration over several university students, most of them female, who remain missing after their kidnapping two months ago.A growing social media campaign echoes the (hash)BringBackOurGirls activism in…
Inside Campus Fortresses, Hong Kong Students Prep for Battle
\HONG KONG – Student protesters are barricading themselves at universities across Hong Kong, stockpiling makeshift weapons and turning campuses into what look like war zones. It marks a dangerous new phase in Hong Kong’s 5-month-old anti-government pro…
Power Africa and Africa50 Announce New Partnership to Implement Energy and Transmission Projects
On November 12, Power Africa and Africa50 signed a memorandum of understanding for a new partnership focused on attracting power sector financing and developing innovative public private partnership models in sub-Saharan Africa. Africa50 will be the ni…
EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEETING – WEDNESDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2019
The monthly meeting of the Education Committee took place on Wednesday, 23 October 2019.Teacher Training Advisor, Fraser Stone, made a presentation to the Committee on progress made within teacher training since he had taken on the role. Whilst there h…
President Weah Appoints New Director General at Financial Intelligence Unit
Monrovia, Liberia: His Excellency, President George Manneh Weah, has appointed Mr. Edwin Harris as Director General of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).Mr. Harris replaces Mr. Alex Cuffy whose tenure expired few months ago. His appointment is sub…
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