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…

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…

Experts from the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund say it’s urgent and essential that children across the African continent return to school soon, and safely. To that end, the U.N. agencies have formulated guide…

The Oman Academic Fellowship Programme (OAFP) for the academic year 2020/2021 has been re-established on Wednesday 26th February, 2020 at Tunguu Campus of the State Unversity of Zanzibar.The restoration event was launched by Dr. Zakia Mohamed Abubakar,…

Chinese Ambassador to Tanzania, Ms. Wang Ke, has assured parents and relatives of the safety of over 4,000 Tanzanian students, 400 of whom are in Wuhan, in Hubei Province which is said to be the source of the corona virus. All Tanzanian students are s…

Over the past three decades, China has turned into a major study-abroad hotspot for thousands of African students. In 2018 it hosted over 60,000 African students, making it the second most popular destination for African students abroad, after France. …

Born in Beijing, Andrew Hsu spent his teenage years harvesting cotton in remote China while trying to get his hands on English books to satisfy his hunger for learning.He grew up during China’s Cultural Revolution, a political movement launched in 1966…