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sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ opens 12 early learning centres in Gaza as new report reveals early childhood development crisis
Major new philanthropic commitments back education amid global conflict and pressure on aid systems
‘Lost’ Blackadder Christmas script to be auctioned for sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½
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79 students kidnapped from a school in Cameroon are freed
The children were seized from a secondary school in the English-speaking region where another 11 students had been taken days earlier.
$1bn to improve health and nutrition of the world’s poorest children
New funding pledged today will help to give millions of children a better start in life and the opportunity to go to school and learn.
350,000 Rohingya refugee children to get an education
2000 teachers - half of them female - will be hired and local Bangladeshi children will be helped back into school as part of the $25m project.
79 students abducted in attack on school in Cameroon, say government sources
The mass kidnapping today in the city of Bamenda is the latest attack on education in the country's English-speaking region.
‘A school opens and the world changes’ says education champion Shakira
The singer and campaigner urged Colombia's government to invest more in education as she saw work start on new schools being built by her foundation.
Child labourers as young as six dig for cobalt to power electric cars and phones
The Democratic Republic of Congo provides half of the world's supply - leading to a rise in children working in mines instead of being at school.
“Our mission is to equip children and young persons to become active citizens”
Students in Nigeria enrolled in a camp where they learned through various activities how to help their peers, families and communities.
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Edinburgh event celebrates work of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ and Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory
Sarah Brown thanked supporters, who heard about groundbreaking achievements on global education and research into premature babies.
Children in conflicts ‘need urgent legal protection from attacks’
An inquiry chaired by UN education envoy Gordon Brown said action is needed to tackle the impact of war on children.